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NEW ENGLAND
DIARIES
1602—1800
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
OF DIARIES, ORDERLY BOOKS
AND SEA JOURNALS
compiled by
Harriette Merrifield Forbes
PRIVATELY PRINTED
1923
WIST. RET,
El
THREE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED
THE PERKINS PRESS
MASS.
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
IN HONESTY, SIMPLICITY AND THE FEAR
OF GOD, THIS REGISTER OF THEIR
OWN WRITINGS IS
DEDICATED
PREFACE
The information about diaries in the following pages has been
gleaned from many and diverse sources. Some of the manuscripts
have been examined personally by the editor, many more have been
described by the owners or custodians. The quoted bits of descrip-
tion are either from the editors of those diaries that have been print-
ed or cited in published works or from the letters of their owners.
That errors have crept in goes without saying ; that only a part of
such manuscripts still preserved have come to the attention of the
compiler is also unfortunately true. Many of the diaries listed seem to
have but little value, but however insignificant they may contain
facts saved by no one else and of great interest to a few. Others,
like those of Judge Samuel Sewall and the Rev. Ebenezer Parkman,
give nearly complete histories of the social life of the towns where
the diarists lived.
By the term New England diaries, is meant those either kept by a
resident of New England at home or abroad, or by the stranger who
came to our shores and wrote his experiences and impressions.
The sea journals of the period before 1800 are of much interest.
The captain or mate who kept the log frequently included in it the
various happenings on board or in the harbor and endowed it with
his own personality. Some of the sea journals were kept by pas-
sengers— breaking up the daily monotony of the voyage by this diver-
sion and preserving for us a vivid picture of the loneliness and danger
of sea travel in those early days.
Diaries commenced after 1800 have not been included though
there are many of great interest. After that date records were more
faithfully kept both in town and church and sea journals became
more technical and less picturesque.
In pursuing this line of work during the last ten years, I have met
with great kindness and courtesy from very many persons. I should
like to name them all did space permit, but I can only mention those
who have been my constant advisers and helpers. First of all I wish
to express my gratitude to the American Antiquarian Society and to
its librarians, Mr. Clarence S. Brigham and Mrs. Mary R. Reynolds.
Without their cordial and interested assistance this book would not
have been possible.
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PREFACE
To Mr. Robert K. Shaw of the Worcester Public Library, Mr.
Julius H. Tuttle of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and Mr.
William P. Greenlaw of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, I am also greatly indebted. Mr. J. C. L. Clark of Lancaster
has been constantly alert to bring one diary after another to my at-
tention. Mr. George Francis Dow of Topsfield has not only given
assistance and inspiration, but has attended to the details of seeing
the volume through the press.
All these I thank most heartily and also the large number of busy
people who have answered my letters so patiently and kindly. I
hope that this book may be of assistance to them or a source of
satisfaction in the knowledge that they have given unusual informa-
tion and pleasure to others.
Harriette M. Forbes.
Worcester, April 24, 1923.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Abbot, Thomas, of Boston, Mass., s. of Moses and Rebecca (Knight)
Abbot.
Diary : an extract relating to the earthquake of 1727 is printed in
Hist, of First Church, Charlestown, Budington, p. 231.
MS. owned in 1845 by Benjamin Edmands.
Adams, Abigail, of Braintree, Mass., dau. of President John and
Abigail (Smith) Adams, b. at Braintree, July 14, 1765; m. Col. Wil-
liam S. Smith, Sec'y to American Legation at London ; d. at Quincy,
Mass., Aug. 14, 1813.
Diary: Aug. 8, 1784 -Nov. 30, 1787. A journal of three years
spent in Europe, especially the social life, dinners, receptions, &c.
The Marquis de Lafayette and Franklin were frequent guests and
appear as familiar friends. Extracts were published in the "Journal
and Correspondence of Miss Adams," New York, 1841, edited by
her daughter.
Adams, Benjamin, Rev., of Lynnneld, Mass., s. of Abraham and
Anne (Longfellow) Adams, b. at Newbury, Mass., May 8, 1719 ; m.
int. Oct. 3, 1756, Rebecca Nichols of Reading ; d. May 4, 1777.
Diary: 1770. Almanac with interleaved notes relating to matters
in Lynnfield, weather, ordination services, &c. Unpublished. Owned
by Mess. C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston.
Adams, Eliphalet, of New London, Conn., s. of Rev. William and
Mary (Manning) Adams, b. Mar. 26, 1677 ; m. Dec. 15, 1709, Lydia
Pygan of New London ; d. Oct. 4, 1753.
Diary: (1) Mar. 26, 1667 -Sept. 14, 1699; also note books for 1729.
Nine short entries of events in his life, kept in the MS. volume of
his father's diary. Also short memoranda for 1738.
Diary: (2) Apr. 6 -Oct. 6, 1738. Trip among the Indians.
MSS. owned in 1849 by Rev. Robert A. Hallam, New London,
Conn. Published in "Memoirs of William Adams," by Miss Caulkins,
Cambridge, 1849.
Adams, Hugh. Re^., of Durham, N. H., s. of John and Avis Adams,
b. May 7, 1676 ; m. 1701, Susannah Winborn ; d. Oct. 1748.
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Diary: (1) Mar. 19, 1713 -May 26, 1723. A record of marriages,
deaths, baptisms, admissions to the church ; really church records
but are in private ownership. Owned in 1869 by Hon. S. C. Adams
of West Newfield, N. H. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vols.
23-33.
Diary: (2) Dec. 7, 1724 -Mar. 27, 1725. "A Narrative of Remark-
able instances of a Particular Faith and Answers of Prayers, &c.
Recollected by him in his spare hours, &c." In this MS. he speaks
of entries made in his diary. Owned by Massachusetts Historical
Society.
Adams, John, of Braintree, Mass., President of the United States,
s. John and Susanna (Boylston) Adams, b. at Quincy, Mass., Oct. 19,
1735 ; m. Oct. 25, 1764, Abigail Smith ; d. July 4, 1826.
Diary: (1) Nov. 18, 1755 -Nov. 21, 1777, with omissions of several
years. "Loose fragments of journal upon scraps of paper, scarcely
legible, from Nov. 18, 1755 to Nov. 20, 1761. They were effusions
of mind committed from time to time to paper probably without
design of preserving them." Containing, however, records of his
work and doings.
Diary: (2) Feb. 13, 1778 -Sept. 8, 1796. Of a trip abroad, his stay
in France and return home. Also includes another trip to Spain,
England, &c. Is continued in Braintree.
MSS. owned by the Trustees of the Adams Manuscript Trust.
Extracts published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. 1. 13, 191. Also in "Life
and Works of John Adams," Boston, 1850.
Adams, John Quincy, of Braintree, Mass., President of the United
States, s. President John and Abigail (Smith) Adams; b. at Braintree,
July 11, 1767, m. Louisa Catherine Johnson of Maryland, July 26,
1797; d. at Washington, Feb. 23, 1848.
Diary: 1779-1848. "A curious and graphic picture in a small
Massachusetts seaport during the closing years of the eighteenth
century." This is the portion kept from August 9, 1787 to Septem-
ber 18, 1789, while he was a student in the office of Theophilus
Parsons in Newburyport. The early part covers some journeys he
made, the journal proper not really commencing until 1795, after
which it was carefully kept for the rest of his life.
MS. owned by Trustees of the Adams Manuscript Trust. Pub-
lished in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro. Oct. 1902, 295-462. Also in "Life in,
a New England Town," Boston, 1903.
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.. Adams, Joseph, Rev., of Newington, N. H., s. of Joseph and Hannah
(Bass) Adams; b. in Braintree, Jan. 1, 1689; m. (1) Oct. 13, 1720,
Elizabeth Janvrin, (2) Jan. 3, 1760, Elizabeth Brackett of Greenland,
N. H. ; d. May 20, 1783.
Diary: Feb. 1, 1715-1783. "Records the agreement between Mr.
Adams and the committee of the parish, the date of his ordination
and the organization of the church, as well as the usual records of
births, marriages and deaths." Gives his own family record, a long
record of baptisms and admissions to the church, also marriages.
MS. owned by J. Howard Knox of Newington, N. H. Unpub-
lished.
. Adams Joseph, of Holliston, Mass., s. of Joseph and Prudence
(Pratt) Adams of Framingham ; bp. July 9, 1749 ; unmarried ; d. in
Holliston, July 25, 1777.
Diary : Nov. 9, 1775 - Feb. 26, 1776. "Consists of a brief account
of the weather from day to day, the movements of the writer who I
think was a non-commissioned officer in the Massachusetts troops
and occasionally a very short description of military operations. Its
chief value will be I suspect the light it may throw upon the military
history of Holliston, Mass. in 1775/76." N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. Vol.
50, p. 357.
He was a corporal in Capt. John Lealand's Co., Col. Abijah Perry's
Regiment and was in camp at Winter Hill.
MS. owned in 1894 by Mr. A. L. Ball of Dublin, N. H. Another
portion of eight pages, by Mr. E. G. Snow of Fitchburg, Mass. Un-
published.
Adams, Phineas, Rev., of Haverhill, Mass., s. of Abraham and
Mary (Colman) Adams ; b. in New Rowley (Georgetown), Mar. 3,
1743; m. May 9, 1771, Priscilla Perkins; d. Nov. 15, 1801.
Diary : 1777 and 1779. Interleaved almanacs, scattered entries,
deaths, marriages, funerals, etc.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Adams, Thomas, of Medfield, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mary
(Ellis) Adams; b. at Medfield, Mar. 31, 1724/5; m. (1) Feb. 13, 1749/
50, Elizabeth Clarke, (2) Apr. 27, 1768, Sarah Harris of Walpole ; d.
July 13, 1812.
Diary: 1750- June 29, 1812. "He kept a diary of minute incidents
from 1750 to the year of his death."— History of Medfield.
Unpublished.
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Adams, Thomas Boylston, of Quincy, Mass., s. of President John
and Abigail (Smith) Adams, b. at Quincy, September 15, 1772 ; m.
May 16, 1805, Ann Harod of Haverhill; d. March 12, 1832.
Diary : Jan. 1 - Dec. 25, 1798. Kept when he was secretary of the
American legation in Prussia. 74 pages. Often entertaining in his
comments on the Prussian court — social and diplomatic life in
Berlin.
MS. owned by New York Public Library. Published in N. Y. Pub.
Lib. Bulletin for November, 1915.
Adams, William, Rev., of Dedham, Mass., probably son of Wil-
liam and (Starr) Adams; b. May 27, 1650; m. (1) Oct. 11, 1674,
Mary Manning of Cambridge, (2) Mar. 27, 1680, Alice Bradford ; d.
Aug. 17, 1685.
Diary : Aug. 13, 1667 - Apr. 3, 1682. "The journal covers only fif-
teen pages but the quantity of matter is considerable ; for it is closely
written in a small compressed hand with every letter neatly formed
and the whole fair and studiously correct . This journal is a charm-
ing domestic relic of our country's youth. It will be found interesting
not only by those who have an antiquarian taste but by the general
readers."
MS. owned by Rev. Robert A. Hallam, New London, Conn, in
1849. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. IV, I. Also in "Memorial
of Wm. Adams," Caulkins.
Alden, Austin, of Gorham, Maine, s. of Jonathan and Elizabeth
(Arnold) (Waterman) Alden; b. in Marshfield, Mass./ Mar. 25, 1729;
m. (1) in * Gorham, Nov. 25, 1756, Salome Lombard ; (2) Nov. 25,
1781, Hannah Battles of Cape Elizabeth, Me. ; d. Mar. 23, 1804.
Diary : June 17, 1761 - Jan. 4, 1762. Of a trip from Gorham to
Halifax, N. S. where they erected fortifications. He was sergeant
in Capt. Simon Jefferds' Co. "In an old diary of Mr. Alden are a
number of marriages not in the regular town records."
Published in digest in Hist, of Gorham, McCleilan, 1903, p. 94.
Alden, Oliver, of Bridgewater, Mass., s. of Seth and Mehetabel
(Carver) Alden; b. Aug. 6, 1740; m. Nov. 21, 1765, Experience
Leonard ; d. Sept. 29, 1825.
Diary: Oct. 3, 1776 -June 21, 1846, the last twenty years kept by
his son and grandson. A record of deaths.
MS. owned by Bridgewater Public Library. Included in Vital -
Records of Bridgewater.
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Alexander, Thomas, Capt., of Northfield, Mass., s. of Ebenezer
and Mehetable (Buck) Alexander ; b. Mav 30, 1727 ; m. Dec. 11, 1754,
Azubah Wight ; d. Mar. 23, 1801.
Dairy : Mar. 6 - Aug. 20, 1776. "It furnishes important material
■ for a history of the unfortunate expedition to Ticonderoga and Can-
jg ada."
Published in History of Northfield by Temple and Sheldon, p. 303.
Allan, John, Col., of Machias, Me., s. of William and Isabella
(Maxwell) Allan of Halifax, N. S. ; b. in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland,
Jan. 3, 1746 ; m. Oct. 10, 1767, Mary Patton ; d. Feb. 7, 1805.
Diary : (1) Sept. 15, 1776 -Jan. 16, 1777. (2) May 29, 1777- Jan. 28,
1778. (3) Nov. 20 -Dec. 9, 1804. (1) Extracts from the original
journal made by a son of Col. Allan. Col. Allan was superintendent
of the Eastern Indians. Most of the journal is kept in Maine ; part
of the time among the Indians. (2) & (3) are the originals of simi-
lar journals.
MSS. owned by Hon. W. R. Allan, Dennysville, Me. Published
(2) in History of Charlotte Co., N. B. ; in St. Croix Courier, St. Stephen
N. B., 1892/4. Also in Military Operations in Eastern Maine, Kidder.
Allen, Benjamin, Rev., of Falmouth, Me., s. of James Allen of
Martha's Vineyard, b. at Tisbury, 1682 ; m. Abiah Mayhew ; d. May
6, 1754.
Diary : cited by S. P. Mayberry in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. 31, p. 331.
Allen, Daniel, of Cornwall, Conn., s. of Daniel and Mary (Grant)
Allen, b. June 19, 1744 ; m. June 11, 1766, Dorcas Dibble ; d. in
Stratford, Conn., Jan. 13, 1777.
Diary : 1776. "Simply a jotting down of each days work in camp
and in active service. And accounts, that is income and outgo. He
enlisted July 8, 1776 in Wadley's battalion, was taken prisoner Nov.
16, 1776 at Fort Washington and starved by the British and removed
in a dying condition to Stratford, Conn."
This diary consists of only eight leaves.
MS. owned by Cornwall Library Association, Cornwall. Unpub-
lished.
Allen, Ira, Gen., of Burlington, Vt, s. of Joseph and Mary (Baker)
Allen ; b. in Cornwall, Conn., May 1, 1751 ; m. Jerusha Enos ; d. in
Philadelphia, Jan. 15, 1814.
Diary : (1) 1769 ?. "It discloses many events and circumstances
concerning not only himself personally but other leading men of the
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time in connection with public affairs." It commences with his emi-
gration to Vermont.
Diary: (2) May 8 - May 25, 1781. Daily entries of a conference
between Gen. Allen and the British in regard to negotiations about a
union between Vermont and Canada.
Diary: (3) Dec. 11, 1795 -Aug. 19, 1796. A trip to England with
letters which passed between him and the Duke of Portland in regard
to building a canal to connect Lake Champlain with the St. Lawrence.
The diary of his brother, Levi Allen, was also probably burned in
in the State House fire in Albany.
MSS. owned by (1) Probably burned in the fire at the State Libra-
ry, Albany. (2) Copy by State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
(3) University of Vermont. Published (2) Vermont Hist. Coll. I. 420-
426. (3) in the "Vermonter," Vol. x.
Allen, Jacob (?), of Norton, Mass., s. of John and Sarah (Cambel)
Allen, b. Jan. 27, 1757 ; m. July 24, 1783, Eliza Bosworth of Sandis-
field.
Diary : Oct. 17, 1781 - Sept. 17, 1782. Kept while he was corporal
of a company in the Fourth Regiment of Militia commanded by John
Daggett.
MS. owned by Old Colony Hist. Soc. in John Daggett Coll. Vol. 2.
p. 55, Taunton, Mass.
Allen, Jonathan, Rev., of Bradford, Mass., b. in Braintree, 1749 ;
m. Dec. 2, 1821, Mrs. Mary Little; d. in Bradford, Mar. 6, 1827.
Diary: Sept. 23, 1789 (date of extract).
Published in Essex Co. Hist., II. p. 2095.
Allen, Joseph, of Boston, later of Worcester, Mass., s. of James
and Mary (Adams) Allen, b. in Boston, Sept. 2, 1749 ; m. (1) Ann
Steele in Leicester, Mass., (2) Dorothy Kingsbury of East Hartford,
Conn. ; d. Sept. 1, 1827.
Diary : (1) 1768. This is kept in Bickerstaff's Boston almanac,
interleaved. Mostly a daily record of the weather with some ship-
ping news and a little of a political nature.
Diary: (2) Apr. 18, 1786 -Mar. 12, 1791. His book as Trial Jus-
tice of trials usually held at his dwelling-house. The A. A. S. also
owns a similar book kept by Edward Bangs from Apr. 6, 1795 to Mar.
19, 1803.
MSS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
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Allen, Thomas, of Boston and New London, Conn., s. of Capt.
Nathaniel and Dorcas (Bowes) Allen; b. in England, Sept. 19, 1728;
m. (1) Oct. 29, 1753, Mrs. Elizabeth (Christophers) Shackmaple; (2)
July 7, 1784, Mary Adams ; d. Nov. 19, 1793.
Diary: (1) Jan. 1,-June 10, 1789. (2) Jan. 1, 1791 -Jan. 8, 1792.
(3) Jan. 1, 1792 -Jan. 4, 1793. (4) Jan. 1, 1793 -June 29, 1793. A
record of the weather and the sailing of boats. Besides these
diaries the American Antiquarian Society owns a letter book, Feb-
ruary 25, 1746/7 to July 24, 1749. The letters were written from
Boston to England ordering goods and give a good insight into the
taste of people of Boston at that time.
MSS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
Allen, Thomas, Jr., of New London, Conn., s. of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Christophers) Allen, b. Sept. 10, 1755; m. Apr. 23, 1778,
Amelia Taber of New Haven ; d. May 16, 1842.
Diary: (1) April 1, 1782 -Mar. 31, 1783. (2) Apr. 1, 1783 -May
13, 1785. (3) Mar. 19, 1787 -Oct. 4, 1791. (4) Dec. 24, 1795 - Jan.
28, 1796. (5) Nov. 1, 1800 -Apr. 22, 1814. (6) Jan. 1, 1792 -Nov.
1, 1800. A line for each day, largely weather and farm notes.
MSS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
Allen, Thomas, Rev., Chaplain of Col. Simonds' Regiment, Pitts-
field and Northampton, Mass., s. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Parsons)
Allen, b. at Northampton, Mass., Jan. 17, 1743 ; m. Elizabeth Lee of
Salisbury, Feb. 18, 1768; d. February 11, 1810.
Diary : 1773 - 1780. A journal of the Revolution. A pocket diary
in which from time to time occur minutes and memoranda, some-
times of curious and often of instructive interest. He was in Ticon-
deroga and in the battles of White Plains and Bennington.
MS. Published in Hartford Courant, Sept. 1, 1877. Extracts in
f "History of Pittsfield" by J. E. A. Smith, Lee & Shepard, 1869.
Alline, Henry, Rev., of Cornwallis, N. S., s. of William and Re-
becca (Clark) Alline, b. at Newport, R. I., June 14, 1748 ; Unmarried ;
d. at Northampton, N. H., Feb. 2, 1784.
Diary : Mar. 6, 1775 - Nov. 17, 1783. "Some accounts of my Travels
and the dealings of God with me." He travelled as a missionary in
Nova Scotia.
MS. Extracts published in "Life and Journals of Rev. Henry Alline,"
Boston, 1806. Also a compilation of the above in the Kentville
Advertiser, June 9 to Aug. 25, 1893.
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Along, Jeremiah, of Hamden, Conn., s. of Zadoc and Desire
(Warner) Ailing, b. July 27, 1763 ; m. (1) Phebe Matthews ; (2) Sept.
8, 1805, Mrs. Sally ( ) Bradley ; d. Oct. 3, 1830.
Diary : Apr. 1, 1785- Mar. 3, 1810. "A register of the weather or
an account of the several rains, snow storms, depth of each snow,
hail and thunder, with some account of the weather each day and
some other events worthy of notice."
MS. Privately printed in N. H. by Oliver Steele Co., 1810.
Almy, Lydia Hill, Mrs., of Newport, R. L, dau. of Samuel and
Rhoda (Phillips) Hill, b. July 31, 1769 ; m. Oct. 9, 1794, Christopher
Almy; d. Jan. 21, 1837.
Diary : Aug. 29, 1797- June 28, 1799. "It tells of the daily life of
the family and is rather religious." This diary was kept while her
husband was absent on a two years whaling voyage.
MS. owned by Mrs. J. Herbert Shedd, Woonsocket, R. I. Un-
published.
Almy, Mary (Gould), Mrs., of Newport, R. I., dau. of James and
Mary (Rathburn) Gould; m. Benjamin Almy, Oct. 27, 1762.
Diary : July 29 - Aug. 24, 1778. "An account of the cannonading
of the French Fleet Count D'Estaing, on Newport, R. I., while in
possession of the British army July 29, 1778."
"By your desire and my own inclinations I am to give you an ac-
count of what passes during the seige ; but first let me tell you it
will be done with spirit, for my dislike to the nation that you call
your friends is the same as when you knew me, knowing there is no
confidence* to be placed them. . . . You will not be surprised
at my warmth when you will find how I suffered, nor wonder at
my freedom when you find this comes sealed and wrote for your
perusal alone."
MS. owned in 1880 by Conrad C. Ellery, Esq. of Providence, R. I.
Published in Newport Hist. Mag. I. p. 17.
Ames, Nathaniel, Dr., of Dedham, Mass., s. of Dr. Nathaniel
and Mary (Fisher) Ames, b. at Dedham, Oct. 9, 1741 ; m. Mar. 26,
1775, Meletiah Shuttleworth ; d. July 22, 1822.
Diary : Sept. 20, 1756- June 26, 1821. Kept usually in interleaved
almanacs. "It is written in a remarkably close but legible hand and
while containing many entries pertaining to his own private affairs,
also contains abundant references to current local events, national
politics and to some extent the great events transpiring on the con-
tinent of Europe. . . . The diary is valuable for the extended
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period of time it was continued, for its concise, comprehensive and
accurate statements which make it entirely reliable."
The early part is about his life at Harvard College.
MS, owned by Dedham Hist. Soc. Extracts published in Dedham
Hist. Reg. in the first twelve volumes.
Anburey, Thomas, of England.
Diary: Aug 8, 1776 -Dec. 15, 1781. A journal in the form of
letters, beginning at Cork, when he sailed for America. He was an
officer in the 29th Regiment of Foot and was captured with Bur-
goyne. Describes the march to Cambridge and the stay there until
December 1778 when the troops are removed to Virginia. In 1781
he goes again to Connecticut. Very full of incidents and descrip-
tions with maps of the marches.
MS. published in London, 1791.
Andrews, John, of Boston, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Hannah
(Holland) Andrews, b. in Boston, June 5, 1743 ; m. Ruthy Barrell,
Feb. 21, 1771; d. soon after 1822.
Diary : Feb. 24, 1772 - Apr. 11, 1775. Written in the form of
letters to his brother-in-law in Philadelphia. Some of the letters
were carried on from day to day until weeks had elapsed between
their commencement and conclusion. "In which may be found the
most racy description available of the Boston of just that period."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro. July, 1865.
Andrews, Joseph Gardner, Dr., of Boston, Mass., s. of Benjamin
and Hannah (Gardner) Andrews?, b. in Boston, Feb. 7, 1768, as Joseph
Andrews ; m. Mar. 13, 1791, Alice Bowman.
Diary : Jan. - Dec. 31, 1795. Kept at Fort Defiance, Ohio. Largely
social affairs of himself and his friends ; mention of the Indians and
the French. He was a surgeon in the army.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Andrews, Joseph, of Hingham, Mass., s. of Ephraim and Jane
(Loring) Andrews, b. in Hingham, July 31, 1731 ; m. Feb. 6, 1752,
Hannah Richmond ; d. Nov. 22, 1777.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1752 -Dec. 31, 1787. Daily record, mostly of his
own doings — work on the farm, trips, &c. One line for each day.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
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Angell, Israel, Col., of Providence, R. I., s. of Oliver and Naomi
(Smith) Angell, b. in Providence, Aug. 24, 1740; m. (1) Martha -
Angell, (2) Susannah Wright; d. May 31, 1832.
Diary : (1) Aug. 20 - Sept. 23, 1778. No. 1 was written when the
army was encamped at Tiverton.
Diary : (2) Dec. 12, 1778 - Feb. 11, 1779. No. 2 at Warren, R. I.
Diary: (3) June 18- Aug. 14, 1779. No. 3 the army was still in
Rhode Island.
Diary: (4) Oct. 3 -Dec. 13, 1779. No. 4 the regiment was en-
camped in North Kingston, R. I. In December was at Morristown,
N. J.
Diary : (5) Aug. 10 -Sept. 30, 1780. No. 5 the regiment was in
Northern New Jersey and at West Point. This diary terminates with
the treason of Arnold.
Diary: (6) Feb. 14 -Apr. 3, 1781. No. 6 Col. Angell's last days
with the army and his retirement.
"In addition to the diaries here printed Col. Angell has left two
others ; one of them describes the happenings on a journey to the
Ohio valley in 1788 and the other a trip to Philadelphia in 1792."
He was colonel of the 2d Rhode Island regiment. Very full entries
of the doings of his regiment, himself and his friends.
MSS. Five owned by Mr. Malcolm H. Angell of Etna, N. J. The
other under the care of Mr. Harris W. Brown. Published in Provi-
dence, 1899 ; edited by Edward Field, with copious notes.
Angier, John, Rev., of East Bridgewater, Mass., s. of Rev. Samuel
(Oakes) Angier, b. in Watertown, July 1, 1701 ; m. Nov. 23, 1732,
Mary Bourne of Sandwich ; d. Apr. 14, 1787.
Diary : Mar. 4, 1725 - Aug. 3, 1806. A record of marriages per-
formed by him in East Bridgewater.
MS. owned in 1892 by Miss Mary H. Rust of East Bridgewater.
Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. Vols. 45 and 46.
Anthony, Susanna, of Newport, R. I., dau. of Isaac and Mercy
(Chamberlain) Anthony, b. at Newport, Oct. 25, 1726 ; unmarried ;
d. June 23, 1791.
Diary: June 27, 1749 -June 25, 1769. She was a Quaker. Largely
religious meditations. "The editor has endeavored to select what is
instructive and edifying."
MS. Extracts printed at Worcester, 1796, compiled by Samuel .
Hopkins, D. D.
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Armstrong, Samuel, Lieut., of Boston, Mass., s. of Col. John and
Christian (Bass) Armstrong, b. in Boston, Aug. 10, 1784 ; m. Nancy
Allen ; d. Dec. 10, 1810.
Diary : July 17, 1777- June 19, 1778. Of the Eighth Mass. Regt.
Col. Michael Jackson. "Covering the capture of Burgoyne and the
encampment at Valley Forge."
He marches through Blanford, Sandersfield, &c. to Saratoga. A
number of soldiers' songs are given in the back of the book.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Asbury, Francis, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, s. of
Joseph and Elizabeth Asbury, b. Aug. 20, 1745, at Hempstead
Bridge, Staffordshire, England; unmarried; d. Mar. 21, 1816, at
Spottsylvania, Pa,
Diary: Aug. 7, 1777 -Dec. 7, 1815. Begins in North Carolina.
He goes to New England almost every year from June 1791 until
1815. He mentions many people whom he meets on his trips, the
places where he was entertained, the character of his audiences and
other details of his life.
MS. Published in three volumes, New York, 1821.
Ashley, Elihu, Dr., of Deerfield, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Doro-
thy (Williams) Ashley, b. Aug. 12, 1750 ; m. Nov. 2, 1775, Mary
Cook Williams ; d. Mar. 14, 1817.
Diary : Mar. 1, 1773 - Nov. 6, 1775. Kept when he was a medi-
cal student in the office of Dr. Williams. "It is merely brief notes
of every day life like what is going on about each one of us all the
time." Also, medical account books of Dr. Ashley are owned by
the Pocumtuck Valley News Assoc., Deerfield, Mass.
MS. owned by Mrs. George Sheldon, Deerfield, Mass. Extracts
published in Sheldon's History of Deerfield. Vol. II, p. 686.
Aspinwall, William, of Boston, Mass., b. in England ; m. Eliza-
beth ; d. in England after 13. 2. 1662.
Diary: Nov. 13, 1644 -Oct. 14/23,1651. Notarial Records. "They
are no publick Records as I take it, nor can be but privat Records
of my own Acts, of which I could not otherwise be able at any time
to give account."
MS. owned by Boston Atheneum. Published in Boston Record
Com. report, Vol. 32.
Atkins, Josiah, of Waterbury, Conn., s. of Josiah Atkins, m. Jan.
31, 1779, Sarah Rogers; d. probably in the hospital at Hanover in
1781.
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Diary: April 5 - Oct. 15, 1781, of service in the Continental army
at the Highlands, Philadelphia and in Maryland. Long descriptions
and many details. He was of Capt. Douglas's Co., Col. Gimat's Reg.
MS. Owned by New Haven Colony Hist. Soc. Published in "Hist,
of Waterbury," 1896, I, p. 472.
Atkinson, Theodore, Col., of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of Theodore
and Mary Atkinson, b. at New Castle, Dec. 20, 1697 ; m. Hannah
(Wentworth) Plaisted, Sept. 4, 1732; d. Sept. 22, 1779.
Diary : (1) Jan. 15, 1724/5 - May 14, 1725. Kept when he was
commissioner for the governor of New Hampshire to Canada. Daily
entries of his trip from Newbury, Crown Point, Montreal, Chambly,
&c. He is looking up the Indians and their American captives, some
of which were redeemed and returned with him, with an account of
his expenses.
Diary : (2) June 3 - July 19, 1754. "Mem. Book of my journey as
one of the Commissioners on Treaty with the Six Nations of Indians."
After reaching New York was with Col. Wendell.
MSS. owned by the Library of Congress. Published in the Reg. of
Soc. of Colonial Wars in N. H.
Atwater, Joshua, of Boston, Mass., s. of Joshua and Mary
(Blackman) Atwater, b. Apr. 10, 1658 in Maiden ; m. (1) Mehitable
Wainwright of Ipswich, Mass., (2) Mary Cotton ; d. Feb. 12, 1692.
Diary : 1681-1682. "Much of it is in the shorthand of the time ;
mostly religious meditations, slight allusions to family affairs. ' Com-
mences at sea on his way to New England."
MS. owned by Rev. Anson Titus, Tufts College, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Atwater, Noah, Rev., of Westfield, Mass., s. of Jacob and Meriam
(Ives) Atwater, b. Jan. 3, 1752 ; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1783, Rachel Lyman,
(2) Anna Lockwood ; d. Jan. 25, 1802.
Diary : Dec. 6, 1781 - 1802. Local matters, weather, farming notes,
building of houses, &c.
MS. owned by Public Library, "Westfield. Extracts published in
Atwater Hist., Atwater, 1901.
Avery, David, Rev., of Groton, Conn., s. of John and Lydia
(Smith) Avery, b. in Norwich, Conn., Apr. 5, 1746; m. Hannah Chap-'
lin, Oct. 10, 1782; d. at Middletown, Vt., Feb. 16, 1818.
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Diary : 1771 - 1805. Parts of this diary were kept when he was
Chaplain of the Revolution from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. He was
with Washington when he crossed the Delaware, at the battles of
Princeton and Trenton and at Valley Forge. The later diaries chron-
icle events in his pastorates and family history — some of the time
he was missionary to the Indians.
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. except the years of 1778, 1787,
1788, 1790, 1792-1804 and parts of 1775 and 1776. Most of these
missing years are owned by Mrs. Hannah C. Partridge of Hartford,
Conn., except 1787, 1788, 1790, 1802-1804.
. Avery, Joseph, Rev., of Holden, Mass., s. of William and Bethiah
(Metcalf) Avery, b. in Dedham, Oct. 14, 1751 ; m. Mary Allen, Dec.
22, 1777; d. Mar. 5, 1824.
Diary : Jan. 13, 1782 - Dec. 30, 1800. List of funerals in Holden,
237 recorded. The ages are usually given.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Among Holden papers. Un-
published.
{, Avery, Waightstill, of Groton, Conn, and Charlotte, N. C, s. of
Humphrey and Jerusha (Morgan) Avery, b. May 10, 1741 ; m. Mrs.
Leah (Probart) Franks of Newbern, N. C, Oct. 3, 1778 ; d. Morgan-
town, N. C, March 16, 1821.
Diary: (1) Oct. 3 -Oct. 10, 1768. "Journal from Newbern to
Missonry." The journal ends at Salisbury — contains a map of his
route.
Diary : (2) Jan. 18 - Dec. 22, 1769. From Chesapeake Bay through
various towns in North Carolina. He mentions the people whom he
meets and various court proceedings. He was a lawyer.
MS. owned by Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Backus, Elijah, Jr., of Norwich, Conn., s. of Elijah and Lucy
(Griswold) Backus of Norwich, b. May 2, 1759; m. (1) Lucretia
Hubbard, (2) Hannah Richards.
Diary : Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 1777. Kept at Yale College. "It is not an
inspiriting chronicle that he gives us and for that very reason more
faithfully depicts the times." — Miss Larned.
"A rare and valuable discovery." — Prof. Dexter.
MS. owned by Yale College. Published in "Conn. Quarterly,"
1895, p. 355.
Backus, Isaac, Rev., of Titicut, Mass., and Bean Hill, Conn., s. of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Tracy) Backus, b. Jan. 9, 1734 ; m. Nov. 29,
1749, Susannah Mason of Rehoboth ; d. Nov. 20, 1806.
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Diary: (1) Jan. 18, 1748/9 -Mar. 16, 1806 with omissions, includ-
ing one from 1767 - 1780. "His volumes are a full storehouse of
events indispensable to every one who would understand the true
history of New England. But to those of his own religious faith
(Baptist) they are specially interesting."
Diary: (2) July 29, 1751 -July 24, 1752. Diaries of his daily doings
and of his friends. Mentions some public events and some trips.
Diary: (3) Sept. 13, 1757 -April 6, 1777. A book of texts from
which he preached.
Diary : (4) 1749 - 1850. A record of deaths in Middleboro, Rayn-
ham Bridge, Taunton and Norwich. Continued by Rev. Joseph
Backus. This also contains descriptions of unusual deaths, accidents
murders, storms, earthquakes and other remarkable providences.
Diary: (5) July 18, 1750 -Jan. 24, 1805. A book of ordinations,
dismissions, deaths of Baptist ministers ; formation of new churches.
MSS. (1) (2) (3) and (5) owned by Backus Hist. Soc, Boston. (4)
Copy owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Extracts published in "Life
and Times of Rev. Isaac Backus," Hovey, 1859.
Backus, James of Marietta, Ohio, s. of Elijah and Lucy (Griswold)
Backus, b. July 14, 1764 ; m. Sept. 15, 1793, Dorothy Church Chand-
ler of Woodstock, Conn. ; d. Sept. 29, 1816.
Diary: Apr. 3, 1788 -May 23, 1791. The journal covers about
three years of his life in Marietta ; giving an account of his trip to
Ohio, expenses and details of the route — his life while there, food,
clothing, houses, etc. Some very long entries, with descriptions.
MS. owned by Backus Hist. Soc, Boston. Published in "Memoirs
of the Backus Family," by W. W. Backus.
Bacon, William, Capt., of Dedham, Mass., s. of William and
Sarah (Aldis) Bacon, b. in Dedham, June 24, 1716; m. Nov. 17, 1737,
Abigail Dean of Dedham ; d. May 21, 1761.
Diary : May 8, 1756 -Dec. 1, 1756. "A Journal of our March from
Deadham to Albany" — through Framingham, Westborough, Wor-
cester to Fort William Henry, where he camped until November 17,
1756.
MS. owned by George A. Plimpton, Esq. of 70 5th Ave., New York
City. Published in "The Dedication of a Monument to the Memory
of the Men of Walpole and vicinity," Walpole, 1901. Also in "Bacon
Genealogy," p. 198.
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Badcock, Josiah, Rev., of Andover, N. H., s. of Nathan and Susan-
nah Badcock, b. in Milton, July 6, 1752 ; m. Nov. 18, 1784, Hannah
Tucker of Poplin ; d. Dec. 7, 1831.
Diary: (1) Oct. 1, 1776- June 24, 1818. Private diary. Short en-
tries of personal and town affairs, and of the church.
Diary: (2) Oct. 30, 1782 -Oct. 28, 1831. Record of deaths.
MSS. owned by Mrs. Mary H. Kingsbury, Proctor, Vt. Published
(1) Extracts in "History of Andover" by John R. Eastman. (2) In
full in above history.
Bailey, Jacob, Rev., of Pownalborough, Me., and Cornwallis and
Annapolis, N. S., s. of David and Mary (Hodgkins) Bailey, b. in
Rowley, Mass. 1731 ; m. Aug. 1761, Sarah Wingate of Marblehead ;
d. at Annapolis, July 26, 1808.
Diary : (1) 1753 - June 22, 1779 with some omissions. Commenced
when he was a student at Harvard. Many baptisms, marriages and
deaths.
"To the history of Maine it offers no unimportant contribution."
Diary : (2) Dec. 13, 1759 - 1766. "Journal of a Travel from Glou-
cester in New England to London in Great Britain ; and thence to
Pownalborough on Kennebec River." He spent a month in Boston
and Cambridge.
MSS. (1) owned in 1853 by Wm. S. Bartlett of Chelsea, Mass.
Extracts published in "The Frontier Missionary," Bartlett. Also in
Prot. Epis. Hist. Soc. Pub. II, 1853. (2) Unpublished.
Baily, John, Rev., of Boston, Mass., b. Feb. 24, 1643 near
Blackbourn in Lancashire, England ; m. (1) Lydia , (2) Susanna
; d. Dec. 12, 1697.
Diary : 1689 - 1691. The extracts given by Mather are religious.
"He has much replenished his diaries with remarks of this import-
ance ; I have heard a good word today." C. M.
Most of the quotations made by Mather are not dated.
MS. Extracts published in Cotton Mather's "Magnalia".
Baily, Joshua, of Bradford, Mass., s. of Nathan and Mary (Palmer)
Baily ; b. in Bradford, Dec. 22, 1737 ; m. Mar. 17, 1774, Mary Clough.
Diary: Mar. 31 - July 13, 1759. Daily events of an expedition of
Capt. Israel Herrick's company from Bradford to Fort Penobscot
and return. Gov. Pownall was with them and his journal covers
part of the same trip.
MS. Extracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. 14, pp. 5-7. Also
in "Hist, of Newbury," Currier, p. 574.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Balch, Ebenezer, of Wethersfield, Conn., s. of Joseph and Mary
(Osgood) Balch, b. in Boston, May 14, 1723; m. (1) June 28, 1750,
Sarah Belden of Wethersfield, (2) Nov. 29, 1756, Lois Belden ;
d. in Hartford, Apr. 28, 1808.
Diary: Oct. 27, 1752- Apr. 3, 1756. "Gives us a very good insight
of the religious fervor of the time."
MS. owned by Mr. Eben Putnam, Wellesley Farms, Mass. Pub-
lished in "Balch Leaflets," Vol. 1.
Balch, Thomas, Rev., of South Dedham, Mass., s. of Benjamin
and Mary (Prentiss) Balch, b. in Charlestown, Oct. 17, 1711 ; m. Oct.
11, 1737, Mrs. Mary Sumner of Roxbury, Mass. ; d. at South Ded-
ham, Jan. 8, 1774.
Diary: 1759. Ames Almanac. Short entries of his own doings,
installations, exchanges, &c.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
Baldwin, Betkiah, of Norwich, Conn., dau. of Ebenezer and Be-
thiah (Barker) Baldwin, b. Mar. 20, 1742-3; unmarried; d. in New
Haven.
Diary: Sept. 6 -Oct. 1, 1770. A graphic journal of a horseback
trip to Danbury to attend the ordination of her brother Ebenezer.
MS. owned by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, New Haven, Conn. Pub-
lished in New Haven Colony Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. IX.
Baldwin, Ebenezer, Rev., of Yale College, s. of Capt. Ebenezer
and Bethiah (Barker) Baldwin, b. July 3, 1745; unmarried; d. Oct.
1, 1776.
Diary : Mar. 26 - May 8, 1762. "Kept while a junior at college —
college affairs, studies and news of the world at large. It presents
a picture almost photographic in detail of college life a little more
than a hundred years ago."
MS. owned in 1879 by George W. Baldwin of Boston. Extracts
published in Kingley's "Yale University," I, p. 444.
Baldwin, Jeduthan, Col., of North Brookfield, Mass., s. of Isaac
and Mary (Flagg) Baldwin, b. in Woburn, Mass., Jan. 13, 1732; m.
Apr. 28, 1757, Lucy Parkman ; d. at North Brookfield, June 4, 1788.
Diary : (1) Dec. 1, 1775 - May 4, 1756. No. 1 is a journal of the
Expedition against Crown Point.
Diary: (2) Dec. 8, 1775 -Jan. 17,1779. No. 2 a journal of a
trip to Canada and Burgoyne's surrender. The daily doings of the
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regiment and the army in general, as the news came to him. Many
glimpses into the daily life of the troops and their officers. The first
part, until Apr. 20, 1776, is kept at Cambridge.
MS, owned by Mr. Thomas A. Baldwin, Wellesley, Mass., Pub-
lished in Bangor, printed for the De Burians, 1906, edited by Thomas
William Baldwin.
Baldwin, Jonathan, of Templeton, Mass., s. of David and Abi-
gail (Force) Baldwin, b. in Spencer, Mass., about 1742 ; m. (1) Dec.
28, 1766, Mary Hunt of Oxford, (2) Nov. 23, 1782, Sarah Bemis of
Spencer ; d. Sept. 1788.
Diary: Mar. 10, 1730/1 -Sept. 9, 1740. A slight diary of various
wills made, deaths and the settlement of estates.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. in a portfolio of miscellaneous
papers relating to church matters. Unpublished.
Baldwin, Loammi, Col., of Woburn, Mass., s. of James and Ruth
(Richardson) Baldwin, b. in Woburn, Jan. 21, 1745 ; m. (1) July 9,
1772, Mary Fowle, (2) May 26, 1791, Margaret Fowle ; d. Oct. 20,
1807.
Diary: 1755 - 1776. He was Colonel of the 38th. Mass. Regt.
MS. owned in 1901 by Mrs. C. R. Griffith of Woburn. Unpublished.
Baldwin, Rebecca (Cotton), Mrs., of Weston, Mass., dau. of Rev.
John and Mary (Gibbs) Cotton, b. in Newton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1725 ;
m. Capt. Samuel Baldwin, Mar. 25, 1762; d. Jan. 26, 1795.
Diary: Apr. 9, 1762 - Aug. 10, 1785 with the following years miss-
ing : 1766, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776. Almanacs.
MS. Vital statistics from this diary are printed in "Town of Wes-
ton," by Mary Frances Peirce, Weston, 1901.
Baldwin, Simeon, Judge, of Norwich and New Haven, Conn., s.
of Capt. Ebenezer and Bethiah (Barker) Baldwin of Norwich, b. Dec.
14, 1761 ; m. (1) Rebecca Sherman, July 29, 1787, (2) Elizabeth
(Sherman) Burr, Apr. 22, 1800 ; d. May 26, 1851.
Diary : Aug. 5, 1782 - Sept. 14, 1785. He leaves New Haven to take
charge of Albany Academy. Part of the journal is kept at Albany
where he describes social occasions, Dutch customs, funerals, &c.
He then returns to New Haven and is tutor at Yale. He takes a
trip to Cambridge, Salem and Newburyport.
MS. owned by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, New Haven, Conn. Ex-
tracts published in New Haven Colony Hist. Soc. Colls., IV, 1888. Al-
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so in full in "Life and Letters of Simeon Baldwin," by Simeon E.
Baldwin, LL. D.
Ballantine, John, Rev., of Westfield, Mass., s. of Col. John and
Mary (Winthrop) Ballantine, b. Oct. 30, 1716; m. Sept. 20, 1743,
Mary Gay of Dedham, Mass. ; d. Feb. 12, 1776.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1734 -Oct. 23, 1774. "Record of important events
transpiring, not only in his own household, among his parishioners
and in the Town generally, but to some extent, the affairs of the
country at large and of the world."
MS. owned by Westfield Atheneum, Westfield, Mass. Published
in "Westfield Journal" in 1834 and again in 1902. Also extracts in
"Hist. Rem. of Springfield," N. E. Homestead, 1868.
Ballard, Lois, Mrs., of Wilton, N. H., dau. of William and Han-
nah (Evans) Lovejoy of Andover, Mass., b. June 7, 1752 ; m. Uriah
Ballard; d. probably, 1809, in Greenfield, N. H.
Diary: May 19, 1785 - Feb. 3, 1809. Personal entries, also some
made at a later date by her son giving date and place of birth of her
children.
MS. owned by G. R. Ballard of Portland, Me. Unpublished.
Ballard, Martha, Mrs., of Augusta, Maine, dau. of Elijah and
Dorothy (Learned) Moore, b. in Oxford, Mass., Feb. 9, 1735 ; m.
Ephraim Ballard, Dec. 19, 1754; d. Aug. 1812.
Diary : 1784 -Aug. 7, 1812. "Some matters of local interest but
most of the entries relate to family affairs, domestic employments
and professional calls. There is scarcely a day during the period of
twenty-eight years that she has not recorded where she was and what
she was about, noting particularly the births and deaths as they oc-
curred."
MS. owned by Dr. Mary Hobart, Boylston St., Boston. Unpub-
lished.
Balme, Augustin Motten de la, Col., of France.
Diary: May 13 - Sept. 1779. Sixty pages in French. He goes from
Boston to Machias, with Col. Allan, a priest and another officer.
Many conversations with the people he meets.
MS. owned by British Museum, Egerton Mss. Copy in Haldimand
Coll. Canadian Archives, B. 186, B. N. 21, 846. Unpublished.
Bancroft, Joseph, Capt., of Reading, Mass., s. of Thomas and,
Lydia (Emery) (Dean) Bancroft, b. Nov. 10, 1735; m. Elizabeth
Temple; d. Feb. 18, 1825.
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Diary: 1775-1780 (dates of extracts). An account book with
diary entries. Capt. Bancroft was in the Revolution. The quota-
tion for 1780 describes the Dark Day.
MS. Extracts published in "Hist, of Middlesex Co.," Drake, II, p.
279 and in "Hist, of Reading," pp. 703-5.
Bangs, Benjamin, of Eastham, Mass., s. of Edward and Sarah
(Clark) Bangs, b. June 24, 1721 ; m. Desire Dillingham ; d. Oct. 31,
1769.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1742/3 -Dec. 4, 1765 with an interval of ten years
from May 31, 1749 - July 16, 1759 in which the volumes are lost. An
account of his own affairs and of contemporary events both local
and general. "It deals with all sorts of subjects ; the local news of
the world that came to him and everything else that seemed to him
to be of interest."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. given by Mr. Francis R. Bangs,
Esq. of Boston. Unpublished.
Bangs, Isaac, Dr., of Eastham, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Desire
(Dillingham) Bangs, b. in Harwich, Dec. 11, 1752; unmarried; d.
Sept. 12, 1780.
Diary: Apr. 1-July 29, 1776. He was surgeon in Capt. Benj,
Godfrey's Co. Mass. Militia, and was stationed in Boston, New Jersey
and New York. He gives long and good descriptions of the places
where he is and the people he meets, as well as the doings of those
around him.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in N. J. Hist. Soc. Pro.
VIII, p. 3. Also in Cambridge, Wilson, 1890.
Barber, John, of Medfield and Sudbury, Mass., s. of George and
Ann Barber, b. in Milford, Mass., Aug. 27, 1708; m. Hannah Rice,
Oct. 20, 1735 ; supposed to have been killed soon after the last entry
in the diary.
Diary: May 30, 1754- Aug. 17, 1754. "A journal of Capt. Eleazar
Melvin's Company, Shirley's expedition, 1754." Added to this is a
muster roll of Capt. Paul Brigham's company of Marlborough in
1775-7 probably added by his son Ephraim who served in the revolu-
tionary army in 1775.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1873, edited by Hon.
George Sheldon of Deerneld, Mass.
Barker, James, of Middletown, R. I. and Cheshire, Mass., s. of
James and Mary (Peckham) Barker, b. Dec. 12, 1725 ; m. Jan. 5, 1748,
Anne Peckham ; d. Feb. 1796.
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Diary : 1773. "Kept from day to day by his own hand and for
many successive years."
MS. Extracts published in "Hist, of Cheshire," Raynor, 1885.
Barker, John, Lieut., of England, s. of Admiral John Barker of
Clare Priory, Suffolk, England; m. Caroline, daughter of Lady Henri-
etta Conyers.
Diary: Nov. 15, 1774 -Mar. 17, 1776. He was an officer in the
"King's Own," stationed at Boston. "It discloses no new facts of
general importance, but it corroberates and explains many things of
more or less interest, and has all the characteristics of genuineness.
It is just such a journal as a young officer of a fashionable regiment
would write, who was full of predudice against a people of whom
he knew nothing and who jotted down matters which interested
him at the time without any suspicion that the transactions in which
he was engaged would ever possess historic interest or claim the
attention of the world."
MS. Copy owned by Miss Elizabeth E. Dana, Cambridge, Mass.
Published in "Atlantic Monthly," April and May, 1877.
Barnard, Jeremiah, Rev., of Amherst, N. H., s. of Robert and
Mary (Holman) Barnard, b. in Boston, Feb. 28, 1750 ; m. Oct. 15,
1777, Deborah Henchman of Lynn ; d. in Amherst, Jan. 15, 1835.
Diary : Mar. 3, 1780 - Apr. 30, 1829. Kept on the blank leaves of
a copy of "The Charter Granted by their Majesties, King Wm. and
Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Province of Mass. Bay in N. E."
A list of marriages in Amherst and vicinity.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. in papers of Fred. Lewis Gay.
Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July and October, 1906.
Barnard, John, Rev., of Marblehead, Mass., s. of John and Esther
Barnard, b. at Boston, Nov. 6, 1681 ; m. Sept. 1718, Anna Wood-
berry ; d. Jan. 24, 1770.
Diary: (1) May 13 -July 30, 1707. His experiences with the
French and Indians at Port Royal. He was chaplain in Col. Apple-
ton's regiment.
Diary: (2) Aug. 27 -Nov. 14, 1710. Journal of a trip frcm Eng-
land to Boston.
Diary : (3) Jan. 28, 1715 -Oct. 31, 1719. Mainly of private medi-
tations and self examinations.
Diary : (4) Aug. 10, 1701 - Jan. 21, 1770. A note book giving the
texts of his various discourses, the places and dates of their delivery
as well as the honorarium received for the same.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published (1) in "History of
Annapolis Co., N. S.," Calzek, p. 54, (2) "Congregational Quarterly,"
IV, pp. 380-81. Mass. Hist. Coll. Ill, Vol. V, p. 189.
Barnes, Christian Arbuthnot, Mrs., of Boston and Marlborough,
Mass., dau. of John and Abigail (Little) Barnes, m. Sept. 26, 1746,
Henry Barnes ; buried in England, Apr. 7, 1795.
Diary: (1) Dec. 29, 1775 -Feb. 25, 1776. Of her trip to England.
In the form of a letter written day by day on the Brig Sally. Good
descriptions of storms, their daily food, &c.
Diary: (2) Sept. 3 -Oct. 9, 1786. Also kept in the form of a letter
in England, describes social events in Bristol, England, the people
whom she meets, &c.
MS. owned by Miss Susan B. Willard, Hingham, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
^ Barrell, William, of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of John Barrell, of
London, m. Martha Langdon, of N. H. ; d. Aug. 31, 1776.
Diary : 1766. Interleaved almanac. Lists of ships sailing.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. given by Francis Fisher, 1866,
Unpublished.
Barrows, Abner, of Middleborough, Mass., of Capt. Sam'l
Thacher's Co., Col. Gridley's Reg., s. of Coombs and Mary (Dwelly)
Barrows, b. Dec. 29, 1732 ; d. Nov. 20, 1818.
Diary: May 11, 1756- July 31, 1758. "Records of the events
during their march — the places where they encamped, the number of
miles travelled each day, with the incidents of their camp life."
They marched to Albany, Saratoga, Fort William Henry, in 1756.
In 1757 they covered the same ground as Seth Tinkham to Lake
George and Fort Edward.
MS. owned by Mayflower Society, given by executors of Miss
Sarah T. Barrows, Middleborough. Unpublished.
Bartlett, Bailey, Hon., of Haverhill, Mass., s. of Enoch and
Anna (Johnson) Bailey, b. Jan. 18, 1750 ; m. Nov. 21, 1786, Peggy
Leonard White ; d. Sept. 9, 1830.
Diary: 1732-1830. Interleaved almanacs. "The Hon. Bailey
Bartlett just before his decease copied from his almanacs a journal
kept by himself and his father from 1732 - 1830. From this I have
extracted many interesting facts." Mirick's History of Haverhill.
MS. Mentioned in Mirick's "Hist, of Haverhill." Also in Coffin's
"Newbury," p. 205.
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Bartlett, Israel, of Haverhill, Mass., s. of Israel and Love (Hall)
Bartlett, b. at Nottingham, N. H., May 8, 1748; m. June 8, 1775,
Tabitha Walker; d. in Haverhill, Apr. 21, 1838.
Diary : Oct. 4 - Nov. 6, 1777. A journal of the surrender of Gen.
Burgoyne. Short entries.
MS. owned in 1861 by John Bartlett of Roxbury. Published in
"History of Haverhill," by G. W. Chase.
Barton, Stephen, Dr., of Oxford, Mass. and Windsor, Me., s. of
Edmund and Anna (Flint) Barton of Sutton, b. June 10, 1740 ; m.
Dorothy Moore of Oxford ; d. in Maine, Oct. 1805.
Diary : Dec. 1769 - 1805. A combination diary and account book,
personal entries. ,
MS. owned by Mrs. E. H. Mosher, Augusta, Me. Unpublished.
Bass, Benjamin, Lieut., of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Joseph and Eliz-
abeth (Breck) Bass of Dorchester, Mass., b. Nov. 22, 1734; m. Dec.
7, 1757, Mary Gore ; d. June 24, 1813.
Diary: Aug. 14 -Sept. 15, 1758. "A journal of the Expedition
against Fort Frontenac in 1758" with lists of officers and men.
He was 2d. Lieutenant in Capt. Timothy Parker's Co.
The diary commences at Oneida station and ends at camp near
Oneida Lake and Three Rivers.
MS. copy owned by Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass.
Unpublished.
Batchelder, David, Dea., of Hampton Falls, N. H., s. of Josiah
and Sarah (Page) Batchelder, b. 1736 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Sweet, (2)
Mary Emery of West Newbury ; d. March 11, 1811.
Diary: Dec. 3, 1747 -July 3, 1811. Weather, farming conditions,
&c.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Hampton Falls," Brown, p.
476.
Bates, Ambrose, of Cohasset, Mass., s. of Joshua and Grace
(Lincoln) Bates, b. Sept. 3, 1758 ; m. May 26, 1782, Priscilla Lincoln ;
d. Apr. 30, 1833.
Diary: Aug. 27 - Dec. 7, 1777. Of Burgoyne's surrender. Very
short entries of prisoners and supplies captured, and the march
home.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry M. Lincoln, Cohasset. Published in-
"History of Cohasset," by Rev. E. Victor Bigelow, 1898.
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Baxter, Joseph, Rev., of Medfield, Mass., s. of Lt. John and Hannah
(White) Baxter, b. June 4, 1676; m. Sept. 16, 1697, Mary Fiske of
Braintree ; d. May 2, 1745.
Diary: (1) Aug. 1 -"Dec. 29, 1717. (2) Jan. 1-May 18, 1718. (3)
Aug. 4 -Sept. 11, 1721. (1) (2) (3) kept while Te was a missionary
to the Indians at Arrowsic Island, Me. Good account of work done
among the Indians.
Diary: (4) 1676-1832. A few memoranda of births, marriages,
&c. continued by others.
MSS. (1) (2) (3) owned by Harvard College Library. (4) in 1866
by John Mason, M. D., of Bangor, Me. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg., Jan. 1867. (4) N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1866, p. 157.
Bayley, Abigail, Mrs., of Newburyport, Mass. and Newcastle,
Me., dau. of George and Elizabeth (Sleeper) Goodhue, b. in Newbury,
May 10, 1756; m. Oct. 2, 1794, Rev. Kiah Bayley; d. at Hardwick,
Vt, Mar. 18, 1846.
Diary : 1775 - June, 1843. "The item about her early reading, her
report of her mother's death, a wonderful report of the dark day in
1780 . . . her supremely beautiful journal prove a mind of un-
usual powers."
MS. Extracts published in "Abigail Goodhue Bayley," Peterson,
Newcastle, 1917.
Bayley, Frye, Col., of Newbury, Vt., s. of Enoch and Dorothea
(Gardner) Bayley, b. in Newbury, Mass., Jan. 1, 1749 ; m. (1) Deborah
Tillotson of Newbury, (2) Mary Porter, (3) Mrs. Eddy of Chelsea;
d. Jan 11, 1887.
Diary : June 10, 1776 - Apr. 17, 1783. "It fills the first four pages
of an account book which is all in Col. Bayley's handwriting and
contains transactions with most of the prominent men at Coos from
1766 to 1790."
MS. Published in full as far as known to exist, in "History of
Newbury," by F. P. Wells.
Bayley, Jacob, Capt., of Newbury, Vermont, s. of Joshua and
Sarah (Coffin) Baylev, b. at Newbury, Mass., July 19, 1726; m. Oct.
16, 1745, Prudence, Noyes ; d. Mar. 1, 1815.
Diary : (1) July 21, 1759 - Oct. 16, 1759, (2) Aug. 11-24, 1760. A
journal kept in the form of letters to Col. Moses Little. "A journal
of our Embarkation and Proceeding down Lake George and Siege
of Ticonderoga."
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MS. "Preserved among the Little Papers at Newburyport." Pub-
lished in "History of Newbury," by F. P. Wells.
Bayley, Joshua, Dr., of Haverhill, Mass., s. of Rev. James and
Mary (Carr) Bayley, b. Oct. 30, 1685 in Killingsworth, Conn. ; m.
Apr. 25, 1715, Elizabeth Johnson ; d. Feb. 7, 1752.
Diary : 1743. Extract relates to a great storm.
MS. Cited in "Hist, of Haverhill," Chase, p. 551.
Beal, Benjamin, Lieut., of Hingham, Mass., s. of Elijah and
Sarah (James) Beal, b. Apr. 19, 1744 at Hingham ; m. (1) Dec. 25,
1768, Martha Thaxter, (2) Aug. 1, 1790, Lucy Lincoln; d. Aug. 6.
1814. f
Diary: Mar. 17, 1776 -Dec. 6, 1776. An account of the expedi-
tion to Canada by the way of the Hudson River and Lake Cham-
plain. Starting from Boston the day after the evacuation of Boston,
for New York.
MS. owned by Mrs. Francis H. Lincoln of Hingham. Unpub-
lished.
Beale, Othniel, Capt., of Charlestown, S. C, m. Mar. 25, 1722,
Katharine Gale of. Charlestown ; d. in Charleston, S. C, Mar. 22,
1773, aged 85.
Diary: Sept. 22, 1722 for several weeks. His journal contains "an
account of his observations with a dipping needle at Boston."
MS. See Pub. of Colonial Soc. of Mass., 14, p. 136.
Bean, — — ■, of Gilmanton, N. H.
Diary : (1) 1792. Samuel Bullard almanac, interleaved, signs of
Spring, farming notes, blossoming of trees, &c.
Diary : (2) 1801. Weatherwise almanac with marginal notes.
Possibly kept by John Bean, born September 4, 1780, but not
enough internal evidence to identify the writer of the diary.
MS. owned by Mr. S. L. Munson, Albany, N. Y.
Beers, Nathan, Deacon, of New Haven, Conn., s. of Nathan and
Hannah (Nichols) Beers, b. Feb. 24, 1753, at Stratford, Conn. ; m.
May 26, 1781, Mary Phelps of Statford; d. Feb. 10, 1849.
Diary: Aug. 28, 1777- Jan. 1, 1782. Joined the army. Goes to
New York and New Jersey, in camp at Providence. Most of the
time in Conn, and Rhode Island. Mentions Andre's execution.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Force Copy. Unpublished.
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Belden, Joshua, Re.v., of Newington, Conn., s. of Silas and Abi-
gail (Robbins) Belden, b. in Wethersfield, July 19, 1724; m. (1) Nov.
1759, Ann Belden, (2) Nov. 14, 1774, Mrs. Honor (Goodrich) Whit-
ing of Norwich ; d. July 23, 1813.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1762-1808 (dates of extracts).
MS. Extracts in "Anc. and Des. of Royal D. Belden" (from Conn.
Evan. Mag., Nov. 1814).
Belknap, Jeremy, Dr., of Dover, N. H., s. of Joseph and Sarah
(Byles) Belknap, b. June 4, 1744 ; m. Ruth Eliot of Boston, June, 1767 ;
d. June 20, 1798 in Boston and is buried on Tremont St.
Diary: 1758-1798. A few years are wanting. These journals
are kept in interleaved almanacs. They "contain memoranda in his
hand more or less extensive on a great variety of subjects private
and public." Of the Journal of the tour to the Oneidas it is said in
the Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro. for Oct. 1882 "the Journal now printed
was kept day by day by Dr. Belknap during the tedious journeys to
and from the Oneida country and his stay there. It contains natural-
ly many things about the Indians which were incorporated into the
committee's report and that report should perhaps be read in connec-
tion with this diary. But it contains also a vivid picture of the means
of travel nearly a century ago and the condition of the country. Dr.
Belknap was an acute observer of men and manners and a student
of nature."
MS. Some of the journals are in the library of the Massachusetts
Historical Society. Published in Mass. Hist. Pro. July, 1795, Mar. 1858
and Oct. 1882. Also in "Life of Jeremy Belknap," Harper & Bros.
1847. From Oct. 16, 1775 - Oct. 25, 1775 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro. for
June, 1858, p. 77. "Journal of a tour from Boston to Oneida," re-
printed with notes, Cambridge, 1882. "Journal of a tour to the White
Mountains in July, 1784," printed with prefatory note, Boston, 1876.
Bemis, Stephen, Rev., of Westminster, Mass., afterwards at
Harvard, s. of William and Abigail (Annis) Bemis, b. in Westminster,
Sept. 10, 1774 ; m. (1) Sophronia Chapin of Chicopee, Feb. 13, 1802,
(2) Susanna Chapin, Apr. 20, 1808, (3) Mrs. Rejoice (Wetherbee)
Olds, Dec. 8, 1811 ; d. at Harvard, Nov. 11, 1828.
Diary: Aug. 25, 1796 -Dec. 3, 1798. Begins the day after Com-
mencement at Dartmouth. Largely reviews of sermons he heard,
books he read, etc. He teaches school in Westminster, Cornish and
West Springfield.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
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Benjamin, Samuel, Lieut., of Livermore, Maine, s. of Abel and
Elizabeth (Nutting) Benjamin of Watertown, Mass., b. Feb. 5, 1753 ;
m. Jan. 16, 1782, Tabitha Livermore of Waltham ; d. in Livermore,
Apr. 14, 1724.
Diary : May 6, 1778 - Dec. 17, 1781. The diary of an officer in the
Revolution. He gives the events of the day, marches made, soldiers
punished and other details. He was at West Point, in New York,
New Jersey, Maryland, and at the surrender of Cornwallis.
MS. published in Washington. Also extracts in "Genealogy of
the Family of Lieut. Sam'l Benjamin," 1900.
Bennet, Joseph, nothing is known of him.
Diary: Apr. 19- June 1, 1740. Journal of a voyage from London
to New England. An interesting and lively picture of the voyage.
Twenty-one pages. This is preceded by a description of New Eng-
land as he found it at that date, of 103 pages, which adds much to
our knowledge of manners and customs in Boston.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in part in an abbreviat-
ed and curtailed way.
Bentley, William, Dr., of Salem, Mass., s. of Joshua and Eliza-
beth (Paine) Bentley, b. at Boston, June 22, 1759 ; unmarried ; d.
Dec. 29, 1819.
Diary: Apr. 4, 1785 - Dec. 29, 1819. The first manuscript volume
is numbered Vol. X. "Book of daily occurences or diary recording
personal experiences, remarkable events, deaths, information relative
to Salem and vicinity, observations on the weather, tides, shipping
news, &c, &c."
"In his daily walks among his parishioners he noticed every change
going on about their dwellings, and upon his return home referred
to it in his diary. He also learned the arrival and departure of every
vessel belonging to them which were likewise thus noted."
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Published by Essex Institute,
Salem, 1905, in four volumes.
Bernard, Francis, Sir, Governor of the Province of Massachu-
setts Bay, s. of Rev. Francis and Margery (Winslow) Bernard, b. in
England, July 12, 1712 ; m. Dec. 1741, Amelia Offley of Derbyshire ;
d. June 16, 1779 in England.
Diary: (1) Aug. 4, 1760- Aug. 1, 1768, (2) Sept. 28 - Oct. 15, 1768.
Of a surveying trip in the vicinity of Falmouth, Me. and of Mt.
Desert. It includes a voyage in 1762 to Mt. Desert and in 1768 on
the sloop Massachusetts from Boston.
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MSS. owned by Harvard College Library. Parts published in
"Bangor Hist. Mag." II, p. 185. Also in "Hist, of Mt. Desert," Street.
Berry, John, of Newbury, Mass., b. about 1718; m. Jan. 22,
1740/1, Mary Little; d. Apr. 17, 1770.
Diary: 1752. An interleaved almanac. Personal happenings,
weather, deaths.
MS. owned by Haverhill Public Library. Unpublished.
Berry, Joshua, of Pittsfield, N. H.. s. of Thomas and Abigail
(Lane) Berry, b. in Greenland, N. H., Sept. 27, 1755 ; m. Jan. 21, 1777,
Mary Cate of Pittsfield ; d. Sept. 27, 1826.
Diary: Nov. 21 - 26, 1776. Describes a trip from Portsmouth to
Albany with munitions of war. Only a few words each day telling
the places where they stopped.
MS. owned by Nehemiah Chase Berry of Boston, Mass., in 1872.
Published in "Magazine of New England History," Vol. 2, p. 192.
Bidwell, Adonijah, Rev., of Hartford, Conn., s. of Thomas and
Prudence (Scott) Bidwell, b. at Hartford, Oct. 18, 1716; m. (1) Oct.
24, 1752, Theodosia Cotton, (2) Oct. 16, 1760, Jemima Devotion,
(3) Oct. 28, 1772, Ruth Kent ; d. June 2, 1784.
Diary: Apr. 14, 1745- Oct. 8, 1745. A diary of 1749 is mentioned
in the Bidwell genealogy. An account of the expedition to Cape
Breton. Short entries ; many deaths of the men in the army. A
list of vessels in the Cape Breton expedition.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. Apr., 1873.
Bigelow, Silas, of Shrewsbury and Paxton, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Jedidah (Hathorn) Bigelow, b. Oct. 10, 1739; m. Mrs. Sarah Hall of
Sutton ; d. Nov. 10, 1769.
Diary: Mar. 23, 1758 -Feb. 18, 1761. Occasional entries of per-
sonal matters, including minute accounts of the treatment given to
his lame leg, various doctors consulted, remedies used and stockings
of various colors worn, &c.
MS. owned by Worcester Historical Society. Extracts published
in "Pro. of Soc. of Antiquity," Vol. 17, p. 258.
Billing, Edward, Rev., of Greenfield, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
Hannah (Church) Billing, b. in Hatfield, Aug. 10, 1707 ; m. Aug. 12,
1741, Lucy Parsons, of Leicester; d. 1760 in Greenfield.
Diary : Oct. 1752 - Apr. 1756. Personal and local matters.
MS. Extracts published in "Hist, of Greenfield," Willard, 1838.
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Bissell, Hezekiah, Rev., of Windsor, Conn., s. of Lt. David and
Ruth (Warner) Bissell, b. Jan. 30, 1710/11 ; m. Nov. 20, 1740, Mary
Woodbridge of Groton, Conn. ; d. Jan. 28, 1783.
Diary : A private record of his work as pastor of the Wintonbury
(now Bloomfield) Church, kept in the form of a diary.
MS. quoted in "Hist, of Windsor," Stiles, 1891.
Bixby, Samuel, of Sutton, Mass., of Isaac Bolster's Co., s. of
Samuel and Lydia (Bond) Bixby, b. Sept. 24, 1755 ; m. Mary Green-
wood, June 13, 1781.
Diary : May 4, 1775 - Jan. 3, 1778. Daily events in the Siege of
Boston. Mentions the towns in the vicinity.
MS. owned in 1910 by Henry B. Bancroft. Published in Mass.
Hist. Soc. Pro. 14, p. 285.
Blake, Ebenezer, of Wrentham, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Petro-
nilla (Peck) Blake, b. Sept. 28, 1730 ; m. (1) Tamar Thompson, Oct.
11, 1756, (2) Anna Hodges, Feb. 8, 1777, (3) Rachel Balcom, Jan.
28, 1784 ; d. Sept. 11, 1819.
Diary : May 22, 1767 - Nov. 1786. A commercial diary of ser-
vices rendered in various ways.
MS. owned by Mr. Sherman T. Blake, 429 Sacramento St., San
Francisco, Cal., to be given to the public museum in San Francisco.
Unpublished.
Blake, Eleazar, of Wrentham, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Tamar
(Thompson) Blake of Wrentham, b. Apr. 1, 1757 ; m. Nov. 29, 1785,
Jerusha Gerould ; d. Sept. 27, 1852.
Diary : Journal of the Revolution. He was at Bunker Hill, Rhode
Island, Saratoga, Stillwater, Valley Forge, in Sullivan's army in R. I.
and one of the guards at the execution of Major Andre.
. MS. mentioned in "Hist, of Rindge," Stearns, 1875.
Blake, Henry, Major, of Hopkinton, N. H., s. of Henry Blake,
b. Nov. 22, 1755 ; d. in Peacham, Vt, 1833.
Diary : Mar. 17 - Oct. 7, 1776. Describes a march of Capt. Hale's
command from Winter Hill through Conn., N. Y., Ticonderoga,
Crown Point, Chambly and Sorel back to Castleton, Vt.
MS. owned by Mrs. Harriet M. Blake, 19 June St., Worcester,
Mass., to be given to the N. H. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in
"Worcester Spy," Oct. 25, 1903.
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Blake, Thomas, of Lebanon, N. H., s. of Samuel and Patience
(White) Blake of Dorchester, b. Oct. 7, 1752 ; m. Mary Barnard,
Feb. 19, 1793 ; d. in Boston, Feb. 18, 1840.
Diary : May 13, 1777 - Oct. 25, 1780. "The journal gives a minute
detail of the killed and wounded on the part of the Americans."
Is a journal of Sullivan's Expedition. He was in tel. Cilley's
regiment.
MS. Copy owned by Wisconsin Historical Society. Published in
• "History of the 1st. N. H. Regiment," by Fred. Kidder. Aiso in
j "Journals of the Military Expedition of Sullivan," by Fred. Cook.
Blanchard, Claude, Commissary of the French Auxiliary Army
sent to the United States during the Revolution, b. at Angers,
France, May 16, 1742; d. 1802, at Hotel des Invalides.
Diary: Mar. 20, 1780- July 9,1783. "This journal," says Mr.
L. P. Powell, "gives a better and more detailed account of affairs at
that time and place than any one else has afforded us.
"A journal in which were noted down almost daily such military,
social, or political incidents as seemed to him of sufheient impor-
tance to be recorded for the instruction of his children or for his
own reminiscences in later life.
"Some glimpses also of American Society appear in the Journal ;
the impression produced by Gen. Washington's appearance and
manners. General Varnum's conversation in Latin, the hospitality
of Lady Washington and of Mrs. Greene, the beauty of Mrs. Temple
and other ladies. Madeira and toasts, the schools, the churches, the
psalm singing, the ragged and unshod soldiers, the taste for porce-
lain, the men spending whole days by their firesides and wives.
These and many similar incidents give us quite an insight into the
American life of that day as it presented itself to the eyes of a
French gentleman, rather ceremonious in Irs manners and rigid in
his principles."
MS. owned by M. Maurice La Clvjsnacs, a great-grandson.
Published in a translation by Muns-ll, Albany, 1876. Also in
Catholic World, II, p. 787.
Blanchard, Joseph, Col., of Dunstable (now Nashua), N. H.,
s. of Dea. John and Mrs. Hannah (Brackett) (Kinsley) Blanchard,
b. in Dunstable, Mass., Feb. 11, 1704; m. Rebecca Hubbard of
Groton, Sept. 26, 1728; d. Apr. 7, 1758.
Diary : July 15, 1723 - Apr. 11, 1724. A march from Dunstable
up Merrimack River to Penecook Falls back to Dunstable. A march
undertaken in search of Indians.
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MS. in Massachusetts Archives, 38 A. 104. Published in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr., 1853.
Blanchard, Joshua, of Boston, Mass., s. of Joshua and Mehitable
( ) Blanchard, b. June, 1692, in Medford ; m. Sarah Loring,
Mar. 14, 1717; d. in Boston, Oct. 27, 1748.
Diary : 1721 - 1730. This journal is kept by years, recording the
principle events of the year. Only eleven written pages. Some-
times the month and day is given. Also has a family record.
MS. "kept for generations in a family residence on Beacon Hill,"
Mr. Edward Wheelright then the custodian, 1895. Published in
"New England Magazine," Dec, 1895, in article, 'The Builder of the
Old South Meeting House," by A. E. Brown.
Blaney, Joseph, of Marblehead, Mass., b. 1695 ; d. Jan. 22, 1762.
Diary : 1741. Interleaved almanac. Weather, affairs in Salem,
&c.
MS. acquired in 1800 by Rev. Wm. Bentley, Diary II, p. 333.
Unpublished.
Bliss, Daniel, Rev., of Concord, Mass., s. of Thomas and Hannah
(Cadwell) Bliss of Springfield, Mass., b. June 21, 1715 j m. Phebe
Walker of Stratford, Conn., July 22, 1738 ; d. May 11, 1764.
Diary: 1740-1761. Kept in interleaved almanacs, with some
biographical and family notes.
MS. owned by Dr. Edward W. Emerson, Concord. Unpublished.
Boardman, Benjamin, Rev., of Middle Haddam, Conn., s. of
Edward and Dorothy (Smith) Boardman, b. in Glastonbury, Conn.,
Aug. 3, 1731; m. Feb. 11, 1762, Mrs. Anna (Johnson) Bowers; d.
Feb. 12, 1802.
Diary: July 31 -Nov. 12,1775. He was chaplain of the Second
Conn, regiment. The diary commences at Roxbury— -"is curious
rather than valuable, a relic rather than a treasure."
MS. owned by Hon. Henry Barnard of Hartford, Conn. Pub-
lished in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro. for May, 1892.
Boardman, Oliver, of Middletown, Conn., and also Litchfield
and Hartford, s. of Dea. Timothy and Jemima (Johnson) Boardman,
b. Aug. 2, 1758; m. May 1, 1781, Sarah Danforth; d. July 18, 1826.
Diary ; Sept. 2, 1777- Oct. 27, 1777. He begins with a march from -
Middletown to Bemis' Heights ; gives brief account of the battle of
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Saratoga and surrender of Burgoyne, the articles of convention be-
tween Burgoyne and Gen. Gates. "An interesting and valuable con-
tribution to revolutionary records."
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Society. Published in Conn. Hist.
Soc. Coll., 7, p. 224.
Bodfish, Mercy Goodwin, Mrs., of Pownalborough, Me., dau. of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Willard) Goodwin, b. at Charlestown, Aug.
6, 1752 ; m. (1) Nymphas Bodfish of Sandwich, Mass., Apr. 14, 1774,
(2) John Hart, Sept. 14, 1803.
Diary : 1716 - Oct. 29, 1816. The earliest date is the birth of
her father. No real diary entries until Feb. 20, 1785, and then only
a few. Largely a record of the vital statistics of the Goodwin and
Bodfish families. Some other personal items, trips, etc. In two
different handwritings.
MS. owned by Hon. O. B. Clason, Fort Kent, Me. Published
in N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., 1913.
1 Bond, Jonas, of Canterbury, Conn., s. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
" (Backus) Bond, b. in Canterbury, Aug. 5, 1723 ; m. Abigail Dewey.
Diary: 1752,1770-1783; 1785/86, 1789-1792, 1794-1795. Public
matters, items of the war, movements of the troops, with names of
soldiers. Personal matters, storms, &c.
MS. sold May 28, 1913, from the library of John Fiske, by Rich-
mond Literature Co. Unpublished.
Bond, William, of Lincoln, Mass., s. of Capt. Samuel and Mary
(Cutler) Bond, b. in Weston, Jan. 19, 1730-1 ; m. March 6, 1765, Lydia
Farrar ; d. Aug. 10, 1775.
Diary: May 25, 1758 to the end of Oct. 1758. Of the French and
Indian War, the marches he made each day, names of officers, &c.
MS. owned by Miss Mary B. Farrar, So. Lincoln, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Bostwick, Gideon, Rev., of Great Barrington, Mass., s. of Capt.
Nathaniel and Esther (Hitchcock) Bostwick, b. in New Milford, Conn.,
Sept. 21, 1742 ; m. 1769, Gessie Burghardt ; d. June 13, 1793.
Diary : 1770 - 1793. "A record of official acts. A document of
the highest importance and value. It shows an earnest missionary
constantly at work for twenty-three years in three States." The
States were Massachusetts, Vermont and New York.
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Bourg, Baron, Cromot du, Aid to Rochambeau in the French
Army in Rhode Island, b. Apr. 28, 1756, at Versailles; d. Apr. 26,
1836.
Diary: Mar. 26 - Nov. 18, 1781. A French Journal. Begins with
his voyage to this country — lands at Boston of which he gives a long
description — goes to Newport, Providence and later to Philadelphia,
Germantown, Trenton, and Baltimore, his observations are long
and always of interesting people and places.
MS. copy owned by Thomas Balch. Published in "Magazine of
American History," IV, p. 209 (translated).
Bowen, Abel, of Chelsea, Mass., b. Dec. 14, 1768 ; m. Mar. 31,
1789, Delia Mason ; d. Dec. 8, 1811.
Diary: 1790, 1792, 1794, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1801-1805, 1807 and 1809,
are the years from which quotations are made of vital statistics.
MS. cited in Vital Records of Chelsea.
Bowen, Ashley, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Nathan and Sarah
(Ashley) Bowen ; b. 1726 ; m. (1) May 7, 1758, Dorothy Chadwick
of Boxford, (2) Dec. 8, 1771, Mary Shaw ; d. Feb. 2, 1813.
Diary : (1) Apr. 15 - Nov. 8, 1759. Kept during a voyage from
Boston to Halifax to join the British fleet to go on the expedition to
Quebec, with a list of men who died on the "Thornton."
Diary: (2) June 1773 -June 1775, (3) Aug. 1775 -Jan. 30,1776.
Interleaved almanacs. Contains most everything of importance
which happened in the town. Deaths, &c. He was a loyalist.
Diary: (4) Oct. 1, 1775- July 18, 1777, (5) Feb. 2, 1777 -Mar. 28,
1791. In a blank book with fuller entries than in the almanacs.
Personal doings, sailing of boats, vital statistics, funerals. Illustrat-
ed with water colors. Is marked No. 6.
MS. (1) (2) and (3) owned by Essex Institute. (4) and (5) by
Am. Antiq. Soc. (1) (2) and (3) published in "Massachusetts Mag.,"
I. (4) and (5) unpublished.
Bowen, Dorothy, of Woodstock, Conn., dau. of Dea. Daniel and
Priscilla (Morse) Lyon, b. May 12, 1727; m. Apr. 17,1746, Silas
Bowen ; d. May 16, 1762.
Diary: May 20 -June 1,1757 (date of extracts), which relate to
her illness.
MS. cited in "Family of Griffith Bowen," Bowen, p. 190.
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L. Bowen, Edward, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Nathan and Sarah
(Ashley) Bowen, b. Dec. 30, 1720 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Boden, Feb. 1,
1750, (2) Mary Burnham, Aug. 10, 1762, (3) Lydia Main, May 28,
1764 or Mar. 24, 1768, (4) Mrs. Deborah Hawks, July 16, 1774, (5)
Mercy Cross ; d. Oct. 5, 1796.
Diary: 1762, 1765, 1779, 1773, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1786, 1787, 1788,
1789, 1791-1794, 1796. Interleaved almanacs of the same general
nature as those of the two Nathan Bowens.
MS. owned by Dr. William E. Story, Worcester, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Bowen, Edward, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Edward and Eliza-
beth (Boden) Bowen, b. Aug. 17, 1755 ; m. (1) July 14, 1774, Mrs.
Deborah Hawks, (2) May 3, 1795, Mrs. Mercy Cross.
Diary: Jan. 3, 1779 -Feb. 28, 1815 (dates of extracts). Local and
personal affairs.
MS. Extracts published in "Marblehead Manual," Roads. Also
in "Hist, of Marblehead," Roads, p. 391.
Bowen, Nathan, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Obadiah and Abigail
(Bullock) Story, b. at Reboboth, Mass., Apr. 4, 1698; m. (1) Sarah
Ashley, Apr. 16, 1719, (2) Hannah Harris, Nov. 18, 1740, (3) Mrs.
Mary Boden, May 27, 1764; d. Dec. 23, 1776.
Diary: (1) 1741, 1744, 1747; (2) 1742, 1743, 1748, 1756, 1757,
1761, and a little of 1772. Interleaved almanacs. Personal and
town matters. Many facts and observations about the New Light
Movements.
MSS. (1) mentioned by Dr. Bentley. (2) owned by Dr. William
E. Story, Worcester, Mass. Extracts published in Bentley's "Diary,"
in, p. 475.
Bowen, Nathan, 2d., of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Edward and
Elizabeth (Boden) Bowen, b. Oct. 5, 1752 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Martin,
Oct. 23, 1781, (2) Aug. 13, 1797, Mrs. Hannah Martin, (3) Dec. 30,
1798, Polly Abraham ; d. Aug. 9, 1837.
Diary: (1) Oct. 19, 1776 -Mar. 26, 1777. A short journal of his
passage from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to Marblehead, which he
reaches November 13. He goes with the army to Providence and
does garrison duty at Tiverton.
Diary: (2) Aug. 5 -Aug. 19, 1778. Of a march to Roxbury
through Dedham and other towns to Tiverton where he remains in
camp and assists in ferrying troops, cattle and supplies over the
river.
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Diary: (3) 1788; 1790-1796; 1799,1810, 1818, 1834. A series
of interleaved almanacs containing personal and town matters,
weather, &c.
Diary : (4) 1835 - 36. Kept in a blank book with fuller entries
but of the same nature as the almanacs.
Diary : (5) Jan. 1 - June 30, 1837. Interleaved almanac.
MSS. owned by Dr. William E. Story, Worcester, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Bowen, Silas, of Woodstock, Conn., s. of Henry and Margaret
(Corbin) Bowen, b. in Woodstock, Apr. 7, 1722 ; m. (1) Apr. 17,
1746, Dorothy Lyon of Woodstock, (2) Jan. 11, 1764, Mrs. Mehita-
ble (Huntington) Webb of Windham ; d. Feb. 16, 1790.
Diary: June 28, 1746/7 -Apr. 18,1787. "It records mostly the
births, marriages and deaths of several generations of his family and
a few items of family and public interest."
MS. owned by Mr. Wilbur A. Bowen, 330 Summit Ave., Mt.
Vernon, N. Y. Extracts published in "The Family of Griffith Bowen,"
by Rev. Daniel Bowen.
Bownas, Samuel, of Westmoreland, England, b. in Westmoreland,
about 1676; m. (1) 1704, (2) Widow Nichols, Apr. 1722; d.
June 2, 1753.
Diary: (1) Apr. 2,1696-1749,(2) Dec. 22, 1726 -Oct. 2, 1728.
A kind of autobiography. Goes to New England in 1703, to Rhode
Island, Mass. and New Hampshire. This includes No. (2) which is
a journal of his travels in America. He goes again to Nantucket,
Newbury, Salem and other places.
MSS. published in "Friend's Library," Phila., 1837, Vol. Ill, p. 1.
Extracts in "Life of Samuel Bownas," London, 1759.
Boyd, James, of Passamaquoddy, Maine, b. probably in Kilmanock,
Scotland ; m. Aug. 11, 1757, Susannah Coffin of Newburyport ; d.
Sept. 28, 1798, aged 62.
Diary: May, 1763 -Apr., 1764 (dates quoted). Diary of his doings
as storekeeper at Indian Island and his relations with the Indians.
This diary was quoted by him when called upon to testify before
the Boundary Commission in Boston in 1798. His deposition in
regard to this is in the papers of Edmund Winslow of New Bruns-
wick.
Boyle, John, of Boston, Mass., s. of Capt. John and Lydia Boyle, ]
b. in Marblehead, Mar. 6, 1746; m. (1) Mar. 12, 1772, Celia Gay of
Boston, (2) June 30, 1778, Elizabeth Cagneau; d. Nov. 18, 1819.
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35
Diary: Jan. 1, 1759 -Apr. 14, 1778. Tells "in a most delightful
way of the life in the early Colonial days. Gives a most interesting
account of the French and Indian war." He was Captain in the First
Boston regiment and Colonel on Gov. Hancock's staff.
MS. owned by Mr. Charles D. Everett, Willard St., Wilmington,
Del. Unpublished.
Boylston, Nicholas Ward, of Princeton, Mass., s. of Benjamin
and Mary (Boylston) Hallowell, b. in Boston, Nov. 12, 1749 ; m. (1)
Mary , (2) Alicia Darrow of Yarmouth, England ; d. at Roxbury,
Jan., 1828.
Diary : 1773. Trip on board the "King of Naples" from Boston to
Newfoundland, thence to Turkey, Syria, Palestine and other places.
"Replete with interest and in many parts illustrative of Biblical
history."
MS. mentioned in "Hist, of Princeton," Russell, I, p. 127. Unpub-
lished.
Boynton, Thomas, of Andover, Mass., Sergt. in Capt. Ames' Co.,
s. of David and Mary (Stickney) Boynton, b. in Newbury, Nov. 29,
1747 ; m. Hannah Ames, June 16, 1772 ; d. in Andover, Mar. 10, 1833.
Diary: Apr. 19, 1775 (date of extract). A journal of the march
to Lexington.
MS. Extracts published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., 15, p. 254.
Bradbury, John, Dea., of York, Me., s. of Elder John and Abigail
(Young) Bradbury, b. in York, Sept. 18, 1736 ; m. Jan. 26, 1764,
Elizabeth Ingraham of York ; d. July 11, 1821.
Diary : Feb. 20, 1760 - Mar. 17, 1763, with a few later entries. An
account of his services in the war for the conquest of Canada. Also
of his trip there, the taverns where he stopped and the adventures
by the way, through Albany, Ticonderoga, St. Johns, Montreal, &c.
MS. owned by Thomas W. Bradbury, Petersburg, Va., deposited
with the Maine Hist. Soc. Published in "Bradbury Memorial," Port-
land, 1890. Also in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., II ser. 1, p. 330.
Bradley, Caleb, Rev., of Westbrook, Me., s. of Amos and Eliza-
beth (Page) Bradley, b. Mar. 12, 1772, in Dracut, Mass. ; m. (1) Sally
Crocker, Nov. 16, 1801, (2) Nov. 1, 1827, Mrs. Susanna (Webb) Par-
tridge of Saccarappa, (3) Dec. 26, 1844, Mrs. Abigail (Loring) Cod-
man of Gorham ; d. Aug. 17, 1854.
Diary: (1) Apr. 1, 1798 -Oct. 17, 1799, (2) June 4, 1804 -Feb. 21,
1809. (1) and (2) are rather fragmentary journals of a few lines for
v
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each day. They record personal and social affairs of local and fam-
ily interest.
Diary: (3) Jan. 1, 1829 -May 28, 1861. (3) is in thirty-eight vol-
umes and has a page for each day. Much of it is purely local,
mingled with items of general interest.
Diary: (4) Oct. 10, 1797 -Apr. 17, i861. A private record of
marriages performed by him.
MSS. in possession of Miss Harriet Lewis Bradley, The Sherwood,
Portland, Me. Extracts published in various papers and in the "At-
lantic," for Jan. 1905. (4) In Me. Hist, and Gen. Rec, Vols. IV and V.
Bradstreet, Dudley, of Groton, Mass., s. of Rev. Dudley and
Mary (Wainwright) Bradstreet, b. Mar. 12, 1707/8 in Groton ; m.
April 20, 1727, Abigail Larkin ; d. about 1750.
Diary: Apr. 22, 1745 -Jan. 17,1746. Kept during the siege of
Louisburg. He was an officer in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Capt. Warners Company.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro.,
June, 1897. Also in 'Three Military Diaries."
Bradstreet, Simon, Rev., of New London, Conn., s. of Gov. Simon
and Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, b. Sept. 28, 1640 at Ipswich, Mass. ;
m. Oct. 2, 1667, Lucy Woodbridge of Newbury ; d. at New London,
between Aug. 12, and Nov. 19, 1683.
Diary: 1664-1683. Only a few entries for each year, all of rather
important happenings.
MS. owned in 1854 by Samuel Stearns of Springfield. Published
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1854 and reprinted Jan. 1855. Also in
"Memoirs of Simon Bradstreet," New London.
Brainerd, David, Rev., of Crosweeksung, N. J,, s. of Hezekiah
and Dorothy (Hobart) Brainerd, b. Apr. 20, 1718, at Haddam, Conn. ;
unmarried ; d. Oct. 9, 1747 at Northampton, Mass.
Diary: (1) Oct. 18, 1740 -Oct. 2, 1747. Almost entirely religious.
Accounts of various trips which he took as missionary to the Indians,
his sermons, etc. He mentions very few people.
"As an example of a mind tremendously apprehensive of sin, loath-
ing it in every form and for its own sake avoiding even the appear-
ance of evil, rising above all terrestrial consideration ; advancing ra-
pidly in holiness and finding its only enjoyment in the glory of God ;
probably no similar work in any language can furnish a parallel."
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37
Diary: (2) June 19, 1745- June 19, 1746. Practically the same as
printed in "Mirabilia", but with some differences. Probably another
copy made by Brainerd.
MS. (2) owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Published in "Memoirs of
David Brainerd," by Rev. Jonathan Edwards and in "Mirabilia Dei
inter Indices."
Brainerd, Elijah, a student at Dartmouth, s. of Elijah and Lucy
(Smith) Brainerd, b. in Haddam, Conn., Oct. 25, 1757; m. 1788, Par-
thena Marsh of Lebanon ; d. May 23, 1828.
Diary: 1780-1784. "His diary is suggestive and amusing." Daily
events in the college, Indian alarms, religious services, &c.
MS. "in hands" of Rev. Thomas Brainerd of Philadelphia in 1865.
Unpublished.
Brainerd, Jabez, of Haddam, Conn., s. of Elijah and Mary (Bush-
nell) Brainerd, b. Feb. 19, 1714/15 in Haddam; m. Oct. 15,1739,
Hannah Clark; d. Aug. 20, 1778.
Diary: Feb. 20, 1773 -Nov. 11, 1774, with entries from Jan. 14,
1780 -Apr. 11, 1792 by his son-in-law Rev. Joseph Dart. Diary as
Justice of the Peace — his official doings in court, performing mar-
riages, etc.
MS. owned by Rev. B. F. Case, Tolland, Conn. Extracts published
in "Journal of American History," Vol. II, p. 284.
Brainerd, John, Rev., of Newark and Deerfield, N. J., s. of Hez-
ekiah and Dorothy (Hobart) Brainerd, b. Feb. 28, 1719/20 in Haddam,
Conn. ; m. (1) Experience Lyon of New Haven, Nov. 1, 1752, (2) Mrs.
Elizabeth ( ) Price of Philadelphia, 1766; d. Mar. 18, 1781 at
Deerfield, N. J.
Diary: Aug. 15 -Nov. 21, 1749. A small manuscript of 77
pages. "It gives an account of work at Cranberry (Bethel), a journey
over the Delaware, a visit to Princeton, various labors among the
Indians during the summer and autumn, a tour to Elizabethtown.
It is doubtless but a fragment of a more extensive diary which is
now lost." — H. W. Brainerd, in Brainerd Genealogy.
MS. unpublished.
Brattle, William, Rev., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Thomas
and Elizabeth (Tyng) Brattle of Cambridge, b. Nov. 22, 1662 ; m. (1)
Elizabeth Hayeman of Boston, Nov. 3, 1697, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth (Ger-
rish) Green of Danvers; d. in Cambridge, Feb. 15, 1716/17.
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Diary: (1) Apr. 1, 1699 -May 24, 1701, with a few later notes by
others. A few scattered entries of weather and farming notes kept
in the back pages of the church record books.
Diary: (2) Nov. 10, 1697 - 1706. A list of gifts from his parishion-
ers.
MSS. (1) owned by First Church, Cambridge. (1) published in
"Genealogical Magazine," Mar. 1906, p. 358. (2) in "Cutter Fam-
ily of New England," p. 325.
Brayton, Patience, of Swansey, Mass., dau. of David and Mary
( ) Greene, b. at No. Kingston, R. I., Jan. 18, 1733; m. Pre-
served Brayton, 1758 ; d. Sept. 30, 1794.
Diary : July 9, 1771 - Dec. 14, 1787. Begins with a visit to the
middle and southern provinces, Penn. Maryland and Georgia.
Goes to Great Britain and much of the journal describes her travels
there.
MS. Extracts published in "Life of Patience Brayton," New Bed-
ford. Also in "Friend's Library," Phila. 1837, Vol. X, p. 442.
Brewster, Joseph, of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of Joseph and Phebe
(Noble) Brewster, m. Elizabeth Hight, Apr. 25, 1757.
Diary: (1) 1756, 1757, 1762, 1763, 1769, 1777, (2) 1759, 1760.
Kept in interleaved almanacs. The diary has been removed from the
almanacs. Personal and farming notes ; mention of the affairs of his
nearest friends.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (2) Burnham's Antique Book
Store, Cornhill, Boston. Unpublished.
Bridge, Ebenezer, Rev., of Chelmsford, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
Mary (Roberts) Bridge, b. in Boston, Mar. 4, 1715/6; m. (1) Oct.
1741, Sarah Stoddard, (2) Mrs. Joanna ( ) Abbot, 1791 ; d. Oct.
1, 1792.
Diary: June 1, 1749 -Aug. 19, 1792, with a few slight gaps. Con-
tains reference to personal and family matters, record of baptisms,
marriages, deaths, storms, earthquakes, etc. Valuable notes of the
Revolutionary events, references to church affairs.
MS. owned by Mr. Fred. Fiske, Chelmsford ; copy by Rev. Wilson
Waters. Unpublished.
Bridge, Matthew, Rev., of Framingham, Mass., s. of Matthew
and Abigail (Bowman) Bridge, b. in Lexington, July 18, 1721 ; m.
1747, Anne Perkins of W. Bridgewater ; d. Sept. 2, 1774.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
39
Diary: Kept in his early years. "It gives a specimen of the ex-
treme simplicity of his early life and manners. It affords full evi-
dence of his early habits of piety and of an inquisitive interest in
theological reading."
MS. mentioned in "Barry's History of Framingham,'" p. 120.
Bridge, Samuel, Dea., of Worcester, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
Mary (Roberts) Bridge, b. in Boston, Mass., June 19,1734; m. in
Worcester, Mar. 1, 1757, Mary Goodwin ; d. Aug. 4, 1799.
Diary : 1778, 1788, 1791, 1795, 1797, 1798. Kept in interleaved
almanacs — very few scattered items. Weather and deaths and
personal doings.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Briggs, David, of Taunton, Mass., m. Jan. 11, 1753, Sarah Weth-
erell.
Diary : Apr. - May, 1758. At Lake George. He was in Richard
Cobb's Co., Col. Timo. Ruggles Regiment.
MS. in the Mass. State Archives.
Briggs, Elijah, of Berkeley, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Tabitha
(Babbitt) Briggs, b. Sept. 2, 1730; m. Jan. 24, 1756, Jemima Dean of
Freetown ; will proved June 2, 1795.
Diary : 1754 - 1792. Diary of a school teacher, detailed account
of the weather, record of his lodgings, some vital statistics and local
events. About three hundred pages of closely written matter.
MS. owned by Mr. Rollin H. Babbitt, Taunton, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Brinsmead, William, Rev., of Marlborough, Mass., s. of William
Brinsmead, b. at Dorchester ; unmarried ; d. July 3, 1701.
Diary: Mar. 5, 1681/2 -Feb. 9, 1695/6. "It consists mostly of
texts and heads of sermons delivered by him on Sundays, Fast days
and Thanksgivings and covers a period with no omissions from the
year 1682 to 1695. It mentions also briefly the Wednesday meet-
ings held at the houses of different people in" Marlborough as well
as refers to the services on Lecture days in other towns where Mr.
Brinsmead took part." — S. A. G.
"The book is written in Latin without a blot or blemish in very
plain and handsome characters ; and the texts are given either in
Hebrew or Greek according as they are taken from the Old or the
New Testament."
There are also items of family and town affairs.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Society. Extracts translated in Mass.
Hist. Soc. Pro., Feb. 1889. Also printed in Cambridge, 1889. Edited
by Dr. S. A. Green.
Broglie, Prince Victor Claude de, of France, s. of Victor
Francois de Broglie ; b. 1757 ; m. Sophie de Rauzun ; d. June 27, 1794
in Paris.
Diary: Apr. 12 -Dec. 24, 1782. A narrative. "The manners, the
habitations, the towns, the scenery, the fashionable society of the
day ; in a word, whatever attracted the notice of a keen, observant,
young man, bred partly in the camp, partly in the court of the wit-
tiest and gayest people in the world, are sketched with light but
clear touches."
Most of the Journal is of his voyage and his stay in New York and
Philadelphia, but he goes to Connecticut and joins Rochambeau's
army in Newport.
MS. owned in 1877 by the then Duke of Broglie. Published
in "Mag. of Am. Hist.," I, p. 180 and later; translated by E. W.
Balch.
Bromfield, Henry, of Harvard, Mass., s. of Edward and Abigail
(Coney) Bromfield, b. in Boston, Nov. 12,1727; m. (1) Sept. 17,
1749, Margaret Fayerweather, (2) Sept. 25, 1762, Hannah Clarke;
d. Feb. 9, 1820.
Diary: 1777 (date of extract V Extract relates to his moving to
Harvard.
MS. mentioned in N. E. Mag., March 1890, p. 12.
Bronson, Isaac, Dea., of Southington, Conn., s. of John and Sarah
(Barnes) Bronson, b. July 19, 1761 ; m. Feb. 10, 1773, Thankful Clark ;
d. Apr. 28, 1845.
Diary: Aug. 27, 1783 -Oct. 13, 1802 (dates of extracts.) The
extracts are of a religious nature.
MS. quoted in "History of Wolcott," Orcutt, 1874, p. 289.
Brown, Allison, Sergt., of Arundel, Maine, m. Hannah Scam-
mon, of Biddeford.
Diary : May 9, 1724 - May 16, 1724. A march to Saco River and
Arundel.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, 38A, 66. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg., 45, p. 136.
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Brown, Beriah, of North Kingston, R. L, s. of Alexander Brown,
b. 1714; d. July 8, 1792.
Diary : Sept. 7 - Sept. 25, 1762. A journey to the Susquehannah
River, made on horseback, mentions the places where he stopped.
MS. published in "Narragansett Hist. Reg.," II, p. 219.
Brown, David, Capt., of Concord, Mass., s. of Ephraim and
Hannah (Wilson) Brown, b. in Concord, Mass., Mar. 12, 1732/3; m.
Sept. 30, 1756, Abigail Munroe ; d. May 22, 1802.
Diary: 1775. A diary of Bunker Hill.
|t MS. quoted in "Address at Acton," 1835, by Josiah Adams.
Brown, David, of Westmoreland, N. H., s. of Asa and Silence
(Noyes) Brown of Sudbury, m. Mar. 26, 1788, Mrs. Sibyl (Chamber-
lain) Britton, in Westmoreland.
Diary : 1791. The various trips taken by a tailor going from
house to house and town to town. From April to August he is in
Hubbardston, Mass. Mentions many relatives and friends.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Brown, John, Rev., of Cohasset, Mass., s. of Rev. John and Joanna
(Cotton) Brown, b. in Haverhill, Mar. 9, 1724 ; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1764,
Jane Doane of Hull, (2) Aug. 20, 1772, Hepsibah Emmes of Boston,
(3) Oct. 15, 1788, Honor (Wade) Fitzgerald ; d. Oct. 22, 1791.
Diary : (1) 1781 ; (2) 1788. Interleaved almanacs. Short records
of personal matters, deaths, funerals, visits, &c.
MSS. (1) owned by Mrs. Edmund J. S. Osgood, Brattleborough,
Vt.; (2) Public Library, Lancaster, Mass. (1) Published in "Hist, of
Cohasset," Bigelow.
Brown, Loren, Major, of North Woodstock, Conn., s. of Andrew
and Ruth (Rawson) Brown, b. Sept. 5, 1787.
Diary : 1770 - 1900. Called the diary of Major Brown, but it was
commenced by some earlier member of his family and continued by
his children and grandchildren. Local affairs, births, marriages
and deaths.
MS. owned by Mr. Wm. H. Brown, Putnam, Conn. Unpublished.
Brown, Moses, Capt., of Beverly, Mass., s. of Isaac and Mary
(Balch) Brown, b. in Waltham, Apr. 4, 1748; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1774,
Elizabeth Trask of Beverly, (2) May 3, 1789, Mary Bridge of
Framingham ; d. June 15, 1820.
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Diary: Aug. 9, 1776- Jan. 22, 1777. He was Captain in the 14th
regiment under Col. John Glover. Was in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the
battles of White Plains and Trenton, he gives a return of the men
in his company who went to Trenton.
MS. owned by Augustus Parker of Roxbury in 1872. A manu-
script copy by the N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Extracts published in
Beverly, by Fred. A. Ober, in "Essex Co. Hist," I, p. 756.
Brown, Richard, Rev., of Reading, Mass., s. of Richard and Mary
(Jaques) Brown, b. in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 12, 1675 ; m. Martha
Whipple of Ipswich, Apr. 22, 1703 ; d. 1732.
Diary : 1700- 1719 (dates of extracts). Often refers to his "con-
tests with the temptations of Satan," largely religious with notes of
personal matters.
MS. owned by C. W., Wakefield, Mass. Extracts in "History of
Reading," by Hon. Lilley Eaton, p. 53.
Brown, Stephen, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Stephen and Sarah
Brown, b. May 19, 1732 ; m. Mrs. Miriam Challis of Amesbury,
Oct. 30, 1765 ; d. Oct. 3, 1811.
Diary : 1794. Entry about weather.
MS. cited in Coffin's "Hist, of Newbury," p. 267.
Brownell, Abner, of Westport, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Han-
nah (Grary) Brownell, b. June 21, 1756 ; m. Sept. 5, 1784, Phebe
Potter ; d. Jan. 13, 1852.
Diary :> Oct. 1, 1779 - Apr. 1785. Largely concerned with his relig-
ious experience and especially during the time he was a follower of
Jemima Wilkinson.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
Bryant, Sarah, Mrs., of Cummington, Mass., dau. of Ebenezer
and Sarah (Packard) Snell of Bridgewater, Mass., b. Dec. 4, 1768 ;
m. Dr. Peter Bryant, 1792; d. at Princeton, 111., May 6, 1847.
Diary : Nov. 5, 1794 - Dec. 9, 1811 (dates of extracts.) "The gen-
eral character of the brief entries in the old fashioned hand,
cramped yet firm, varies little from day to day. The weather is
always given the first place. She records not only a noble year for
apples, good sap weather, and fine wholesome air, but also the
blooming of the lilacs, the coming of the leaves and the starlight on
the snow. After the weather comes the brief record of the house-
hold tasks accomplished during the day. The brief entry generally
all told in a dozen words. Closes with some item of news."
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
43
MS. owned in 1894 by her son Mr. John H. Bryant. Extracts
published in "Harper's Mag.," Sept. 1894, p. 633.
Bryent, Walter, of Newmarket, N. H., s. of James and Honour
Bryent, b. on Great Island near Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 10, 1710 ; m.
Dec. 25, 1735, Elizabeth Folsom ; d. 1807.
Diary: (1) Mar. 13 -Apr. 1,1741. "Walter Bryent's journal in run-
ning the northern boundary between Maine and New Hampshire and
that part of the Massachusetts Bay called County of York, 1741."
Diary: (2) Jan. 7- Feb. 18, 1746/7. "A journal of the travels and
Proceedings of a Regiment of Soldiers of New Hampshire Inlisted
for the Emediate Reduction of Canada that Marcht to ye Pond Wini-
pesockee which Journal begins with their march from Cocheco and
continues until their Return thither which is as follows (Viz) Being
kept by Walter Bryent by and with the advice and assistance of all
the Commission officers present."
Diary: (3) Feb. 18 - Mar. 7, 1746. Journal of the expedition to
Pequawket.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. ; (2) N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Copy by Library of Congress; (3) By Mr. Frank C. Moore, Brooklyn,
N. Y. Published (1) in Hist. Mag. 2 Ser. vol. 9, p. 17-19 ; N. H. Pro-
vincial Papers, 6, p. 349; (2) N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. (1878), p. 279.
Buck, Abijah, of Bucksfield, Me., s. of John and Sarah (Clements)
Buck, b. about 1742 at Dunstable, Mass. ; m. (1) Sept. 25, 1762,
Phebe Tyler, (2) 1817, Mrs. Rebecca Bisbee ; d. about 1829.
Diary : June 9, 1760 - Oct. 12, 1785. Only a few pages of scattered
entries ; his family statistics, account of trips, &c.
MS. published in "Hist, of Bucksfield," by A. Cole and C. F. Whit-
man, p. 509.
Buckingham, Thomas, Rev., of Hartford, Conn., s. of Elder Dan-
iel and Alice (Newton) Buckingham of Milford, Conn., b. Mar. 1,
1671 ; m. Ann Foster of Hartford, Dec. 14, 1699; d. Nov. 19, 1731.
Diary : (1) Oct. 2 - Nov. 10, 1710. Naval Expedition against Port
Royal when he was Chaplain of the Conn, troops.
Diary: (2) Aug. 3- Oct. 12, 1711. "The circumstances attending
the expedition up to this period appear to be detailed with minute-
ness in the diary before us ; but as the first part of it is written in a
cypher difficult to understand, it will be sufficient for the present to
publish only that which is legible and which begins with the cap-
itulation of the fort."
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A diary of the land expedition against Crown Point. "They are
very meagre and contain nothing of interest except the author's ac-
count of the things he took with him from Hartford as an outfit."
MSS. Published in New York, Wilder and Campbell, 1825. Also in
1917, by The Acorn Club of N. Y., in "The Roll and Journals of Conn.
Service in Queen Anne's War."
Buckminister, Thomas, Dea., of Framingham, Mass., s. of Joseph
and Hannah (Kiggell) Buckminister, b. Aug. 18, 1751 ; m. (1) Han-
nah Rice, (2) Feb. 4, 1794, Kezia (Perry) Bacon; d. July 7, 1826.
Diary: 1790 (date of extract). Extract relates to sale of Contin-
ental money.
MS. cited in Barry's "Hist, of Framingham," p. 94.
Buell, Samuel, Rev., of New Haven, Conn., s. of Capt Peter and
Hannah (Welles) Buell, b. at Coventry, Conn., Aug. 20, 1716; m. (1)
Jerusha Meacham of Coventry, May 1, 1745, (2) Mary Mulford of
East Hampton, L. I., 1761, (3) Mary Miller, Nov. 9, 1785 ; d. July
19, 1798.
Diary : 1737 - 1741. Kept while a student at Yale.
MS. owned by New York State Library at Albany and burned in
the fire of 1911.
Bulfinch, Hannah, of Boston, Mass., dau. of John and Hannah
(Greenleaf) Apthorp, b. 1768; m. Charles Bulfinch, Nov. 20, 1788;
d. Apr. 8, .1841.
Diary: 1788 - 1837. "A small thin book in paper covers containing
entries at intervals often of more then a year from the time of her
marriage until 1837."
MS. quoted in "Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch," 1896, by
Ellen Susan Bulfinch a granddaughter.
Bulkeley, Gershom, Rev., of Weathersfield, Conn., s. of Rev.
Peter and Grace (Chitwood) Bulkeley, b. Dec. 26, 1635 ; m. Oct. 26,
1659, Sarah Chauncey ; d. Dec. 2, 1714.
Diary: 1699. Interleaved almanac. Short entries, state of his
own health, some marriages ; mentions Thanksgiving on Nov. 1.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Bullivant, Benjamin, Dr., of Boston, Mass. He came to Boston
from London about 1685, a physician. Was first senior warden of
King's Chapel from 1686 to 1687. Was married in England.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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Diary: Feb. 13 -May 19, 1689/90. "New England 1690. Mr.
Bullivant's Journall of Proceedings from Feb. 13, to May 19. Sr.
Underneath I give you the minutes of such occurences I noated in
Boston since the departure of Sir Edmond Andros ; they are without
any enlargements taken from my pocket booke, where I entred
them dayley as I could abtain a certainty of the Report. I am Sir
your humble servant. B. B."
Long entries of events in New England, almost all of public
affairs.
MS. Among the papers in the Public Record Office in London.
Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., 16, p. 103.
Bumstead, Jeremiah, of Boston, Mass., s. of Jeremiah and Sarah
Bumstead of Boston, b. Oct. 14, 1678 ; m. (1) Sarah Abraham, June
16, 1700, (2) Elizabeth Bridges, Mar. 8, 1704, (3) Bertha Sherrer, Feb.
2, 1726, (4) Sarah Howard, Mar. 18, 1729.
Diary: 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1727, two for 1729, 1730,
1732, 1733. Written on the margins and blank leaves of almanacs.
Short entries of current news. Many names mentioned. Many
vital statistics, 1732 and 1733 are interleaved with fuller entries.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Extracts published
with notes in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July and Oct. 1861, edited by S.
F. Haven.
Bunker, George and Caleb, of Nantucket Mass., George was
son of William and Mary (Macy) Bunker, b. June 22, 1671 ; m. Dec.
10, 1695, Deborah Coffin ; d. Jan. 24, 1744.
Diary: (1) Mar. 5, 1717 -Nov. 22, 1741. A record of marriages
performed by him.
Diary: (2) Oct. 13, 1763 - Jan. 18, 1775. Judicial proceedings before
him, petty misdemeanors.
Diary: (3) Aug. 7, 1718 -Apr. 7,1726, (4) Jan. 2, 1765 - June 8,
1777, (3) and (4) similar entries by his son Caleb, who was born in
1699.
MSS. owned by N. H. Hist. Soc. given by Rev. Howard E. Hill of
Concord, N. H. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1897, p. 163.
Burgis, John, of Guilford, Conn., s. of Thomas and Mercy (Wright)
Burgis, b. Aug. 31, 1714 ; m. Jan. 14, 1742, Sarah Dodd ; d. Feb. 26,
1799.
Diary: (1) Feb. 16, 1746 -Mar. 26, 1799. "Mortality Book", a list
of deaths.
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Diary: (2) Mar. 1799 -Apr. 29, 1840. Same continued by his
nephew Abraham Chittenden and others.
MSS. owned by The Whitfield House Museum, Guilford (prob-
ably a copy). Unpublished.
Burk, John, Major, of Barnstable, Mass., s. of John and Mehete-
ble (Hastings) Burk, b. in Hatfield, Nov. 28, 1717; m. Sarah Hoyt of
Deerfield, Dec. 6, 1740 ; d. in Deerfield, Oct. 27, 1784.
Diary: July 31 -Sept. 11, 1755 (dates of extracts). Daily events
of camp life. Commences at Saratoga. There are also letters
written by him in the same campaign. He was at Crown Point in
regiment commanded by Col. Timo. Ruggles.
MS. owned by H. Stoddard Ruggles of Wakefield who presented
a photostat reproduction to the Mass. Hist. Society, in 1920. Ex-
tracts published in Barber's "Historical Coll.," p. 237. Also in "His-
tory of Bernardston," by Lucy Cutter Kellogg.
Burnaby, Andrew, Rev., of Greenwich, England, s. of Rev. An-
drew Burnaby, b. at Asfordby, Leicestershire; m. Anna Edwyn, 1770;
d. at Blackheath, Mar. 9, 1812.
Diary: Apr. 27, 1759 - Oct. 20, 1760. "Travels through the Middle
Settlements in North America." He goes through Virginia, Penn-
sylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire. It also contains a diary of the weather.
MS. published in London, 1798. Reprinted in New York, 1904.
Burnyeat, John, of Cumberland, England, m. (1) May 10, 1683,
in Dublin, (2) Elizabeth , 1690 in Ireland.
Diary: 1653 - Jan. 19, 1670. Begins with an autobiography. Visits
New England in 1666, 1670, when he gives long accounts of meetings
in Salem, Rhode Island, &c.
MS. published in "Friend's Library," XI, p. 119.
Burr, Asa, of Hingham and Bellingham, Mass., of Col. Williams'
Regiment, s. of Elisha and Sarah (Bates) Burr, b. at Hingham, Mar.
11, 1739/40; m. May 28, 1761, Rhoda Bates; d. Mar. 28, 1816, in
Bellingham.
Diary: May 22, 1758 -Sept. 13, 1758. A diary of a march from
Roxbury, through Albany, Fort Edward to Schenectady. He seems
to remain in that vicinity "on the river." Short entries of the marches
and other doings of his regiment.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
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Burr, Samuel, of Hingham, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Mary (Lin-
coln) Burr, b. Mar. 1738 ; unmarried ; d. May 27, 1797.
Diary: Apr. 4, 1760 -Oct. 1760. March from Hingham to Albany,
Fort Edward, Ticonderoga, and Champlain.
MS. owned by Miss Erminna Burr, Hingham, Mass. Unpublished.
Burr, Thomas, Lieut., of Hingham, Mass., of Capt. Job Cushing's
Company, s. of Jonathan and Mary (Lincoln) Burr, b. Aug. 17, 1735,
in Hingham ; m. Aug. 22, 1759, Margaret Fearing; d. Sept. 23, 1812.
Diary: Apr. 27 -June 27, 1758. March from Hingham to Albany,
Fort Edward, Lake Ontario and Fort Frontenac. "Brief as are the
records in Lieut. Burr's diary, they interest us not a little, for the
personal glimpses which are afforded by them of the marches and
skirmishes and experiences of our own townsmen." — Town History.
MS. owned by Miss Erminna Burr, Hingham, Mass. Unpublished.
Burrill, John, Sergt., of Abington, Mass., s. of John and Mary
(Humphrey) Burrill of Weymouth, Mass., b. Nov. 30, 1717 ; m. Ann
Vinton of Braintree, May 15, 1740.
Diary: Aug. 3, 1759 -July 22, 1760. Kept when he was in Capt.
Moses Parker's Co., at St. John, N. B., in the French and Indian War.
Short entries. He was stationed at Fort Frederick, formerly Fort
La Tour.
MS. owned by Miss Abby Frances Burrill Horton of Cleveland, O.
Extract published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1905. Also in Acad-
iensis, vol. V, p. 187.
Burton, Jonathan, of Wilton, N. H., s. of John and Abigail
(Paine) Burton, b. in Middleton, Mass., Sept. 18, 1741 ; m. Feb. 29,
1764, Huldah Nichols; d. Apr. 30, 1811.
Diary: July 23 -Nov. 29, 1776. Kept during the Ticonderoga
campaign. He was Lieut, in Capt. Wm. Barrows' Co., Col. Isaac
Wyman's regiment.
MS. owned by N. H. Hist. Soc. Published by Republican Press
Asso., Concord, N. H., 1885.
Buss, Stephen, of Leominster, Mass., s. of John and Hannah
(Hosmer) Buss of Concord, b. in Lancaster, Aug. 8, 1718 ; m. Oct.
29, 1743, Prudence Carter; d. in Leominster, Apr. 9, 1790.
Diary: June 28, 1728 -Dec. 26, 1762 (date of extracts). Extracts
relate to church matters, ordinations, deaths, and various entries
relate to the history of the town.
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MS. owned in 1843 by his son Dea. John Buss. Extracts published
in Rev. Mr. Stebbins' "Centennial Discourse," Leominster, 1843, p.
90.
Byles, Mather, Dr., Jr., of New London, Conn., Boston, Mass.
and Halifax, N. S., s. of Rev. Mather and Anna (Noyes) (Gale) Byles,
b. Jan. 12, 1735 ; m. (1) May 12, 1761, Rebecca Walter, (2) Feb.
1777, Sarah Lyde, (3) Oct. 2, 1788, Mrs. Susanna (Lawlor) Reid ; d.
at St. John, N. B., Mar. 12, 1814.
Diary: July 3, 1784 - Feb. 23, 1785. Diary letters written to his
family from London. They recite intimately his doings from day to
day, especially his intercourse with the Massachusetts loyalists there.
MS. owned by Col. Wm. Bruce Almon, Halifax, N. S. Copies by
Dr. A. W. H. Eaton, Boston, Mass. Unpublished.
Byles, Mary and Catherine, Misses, of Boston, were daughters
of Dr. Mather and Rebecca (Tailer) Byles, Mary born June 27,
1750; Catherine, Aug. 22, 1753; both unmarried; Mary died Oct. 1,
1832 ; Catherine, July 19, 1837.
Diary: (1) May 12, 1778 -Apr. 12, 1784. Is contained in a book
of which the first part was used as a letter book by Rev. Mather
Byles. Some of the letters extend over several months.
Diary: (2) May 1793 -Aug. 1808. Letters — some of them in diary
form, which make a correspondence of great local interest, mention-
ing as they do many events in Boston history and especially the
doings of families through a long period of years.
Diary': (3) June 15, 1793 -Mar. 31, 1818.
MSS. (1) owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. (2) and (3) by Col. Wm.
B. Almon, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Typewritten copy of (3) by Mass.
Hist. Soc. and by Harvard College Library. Others by Mrs. Wm.
Adlington of England. Unpublished.
Cabot, Marston, Rev., of Thompson, Conn., s. of George and
Abigail (Marston) Cabot, b. in Salem, 1704; m. Mary Dwight of
Woodstock, Conn. ; d. Apr. 8, 1756.
Diary: Mar. 23, 1740 - Jan. 27, 1745. "The Sabbath day journal
of a minister." Many details of an epidemic which foreshadowed
the great awakening. Manuscript of 122 pages.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Copy by Miss Mary R.
Cabot, Brattleboro, Vt. Unpublished.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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Calef, John, Dr., of Castine, Me., s. of Robert and Margaret
(Stamford) Calef, b. at Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 30, 1726; m. (l) Mar-
garet Rogers, (2) Dorothy Jewett of Rowley, Jan. 18, 1753 ; d. Oct.
23, 1812.
Diary : June 17 - Aug. 14, 1779. "Of the proceedings of his Maj-
esty's Forces detached from the 74th and 82d regulars . . . under
the command of Gen. Francis McLean and three of His Majesty's
sloops of war under command of Capt. Henry Mowatt." A journal
of the siege of Penobscot by Gen. Solomon Lovell. Dr. Calef was
chaplain of the English garrison at Castine.
MS. published by Wm. Abbatt, in Mag. of Hist., Extract No. 11,
and in Wheeler's "Hist, of Castine," p. 290.
Calley, Robert, of Charlestown, Mass., s. of Robert and Lydia
(Stimpson) Calley, b. June 4, 1726; m. (1) Sept. 2, 1751, Sarah Hop-
kins, (2) Apr. 10, 1760, Elizabeth Symmes.
Diary: about 1754 - 1765. Consisted of eight manuscripts volumes,
a diary of the events of the day. He was a schoolmaster.
MS. Its present location unknown. Vital statistics from this diary
published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. for July and April, 1862.
Campbell, John, of Boston, Mass., b. probably in Scotland about
1653 ; m. Mrs. Mary (Clarke) Pemberton before 1695 ; d. Mar. 4,
1728, aged 75.
Diary: Apr. 12 - Sept. 15, 1703. In the form of nine "news-letters"
written to Gov. Fitzjohn Winthrop of Conn. They form a manu-
script journal of public occurrences, especially the sailing and arrival
of boats. He was postmaster and first editor of the "Boston News-
Letter."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro. Mar. 1867, p. 485.
Carey, Thomas, Rev., of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Margaret (Greaves) Carey of Charlestown, Mass., b. Oct. 7, 1745 ;
m. June, 1775, Esther Carter of Newburyport ; d. Nov. 24, 1808.
Diary: 1762-1806 with the exception of 1777. Interleaved al-
manacs. Short entries of daily events, marriages frequently men-
tioned. The journal of a schoolmaster and minister. He records
matters in the school, social affairs and later those of his parish.
The whole series of forty-four years makes an invaluable record of
deaths and marriages besides many other items of much interest.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
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Cargill, James, of Newcastle, Me., s. of David and Mary (Aberne-
thy) Cargill of Newcastle, b. Oct. 24, 1725 ; m. (1) Agnes Kennedy,
Nov. 10, 1752, (2) Widow Margaret Hatch, Nov. 1785 ; d. June, 1812.
Diary: (1) July 1-July 4,1755, (2) Aug. 11, 1756 -May 13, 1757,
(3) May 2 - May 28, 1758. Journals of encounters with the Indians
in Wiscasset and other places in Maine. Scout trips.
MSS. in the Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 38A. fols, 167, 246, 300.
Carpenter, Jonathan, Jr., of Rehoboth, Mass. and Pomfret, Conn.,
s. of Jonathan and Abigail (Walker) Carpenter, b. in Rehoboth, June
19, 1757 ; m. May 20, 1784, Olive Sessions of Pomfret ; d. at Ran-
dolph, Vt., March 14, 1837.
Diary: Sept. 5, 1774 - Jan. 5, 1783. He was captured by the British
and kept a prisoner on a prison ship until 1778 when he was sent to
Forton prison where he was confined a year and eleven months. He
was at Long Island, in the battle of White Plains, &c.
MS. owned by Hon. N. L. Boyden, Randolph, Vt. Extracts in
"Carpenter Memorial," Carpenter, p. 119. Published also in Pub. of
Vermont Hist. Soc, 1872.
Carver, Jonathan, of Canterbury, Conn., b. in Canterbury ; m.
(1) , (2) Mary ; d. Jan. 31, 1780, aged 48 yrs.
Diary: (1) May 20, 1766 -Aug. 29, 1767. "An account of his
travels from Boston to the Great Lakes and Canada with descriptions
of the Indians and also his observations of the natural history through
which he passed." With maps and pen and ink drawings.
Diary: (2) Aug. 5 - Aug. 28, 1766. A survey journal, Detroit to
Michillimackinac.
MSS. (1) and (2) in the British Museum, Add, MSS. 8949, fols. 2 and
11. Copies owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. in F. L. Gray papers. Pub-
lished in England 1778 and in Charlestown in 1802. Before 1838 at
least 21 editions had been printed.
Cary, Margaret Graves, Mrs., of Charlestown, Mass., dau.
of Thomas and Sybil (Avery) Graves, b. July 19, 1719 ; m. Dec. 24,
1741, Capt. Samuel Cary ; d. Oct. 8, 1762.
Diary: May 15, 1742 -Oct. 17, 1759. Personal affairs of unusual
importance, usually with a religious meditation thereon. Occasion-
al entries.
MS. Published in the "Cary Letters," by Mrs. C. P. Curtis, Cam-
bridge, 1891. Extracts in "Tuckerman Family," by Bayard Tuck- '
erman, 1914, p. 122.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
51
Case, Isaac, Rev., of Thomaston and Readfield, Maine, s. of Wil-
liam and Abigail (Bell) Case, b. in Rehoboth, Mass., Feb. 25, 1762 ;
m. Joanna Snow, June 23, 1785 ; d. Nov. 3, 1852.
Diary: 1789 - 1825. Relates to his work as a pastor and missionary
in Maine, etc. In very poor condition and hard to read. Mentions
many families with whom he stopped.
MS. owned by Library of Colby College. Extracts published in
"History of Baptists in Maine," by H. S. Burrage.
Chadbourne, Silas, Lt., of Gorham, Me., s. of Humphrey and
Phebe (Hobbs) Chadbourne, b. in Berwick, Aug. 8, 1752; m. (1) Apr.
23, 1775, Abigail Crockett, (2) June 24, 1819, Mrs. Lucy (Sever)
Crockett ; d. Jan. 14, 1823.
Diary: 1778 (date of extract). He was in the battles of Saratoga,
Stillwater, at the surrender of Burgoyne, at Monmouth and Valley
Forge.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Gorham," pp. 128 and 426.
Chadwick, Joseph, of Falmouth, Me., s. of Joseph and Martha
(Lambert) Chadwick, b. in Falmouth, Me, 1711 ; m. Nov. 2, 1732,
Mary Jenkins of Maiden.
Diary : (1) June 20, 1764. An account of a journey from Fort
Pownal up the Penobscot River to Quebec in 1764.
Diary : (2) Aug. 3, 1768. "Journal through part of Mt. Desert,
1768." The entries are numbered not dated and are notes on the
character of the land, brooks, marshes, &c. He was a surveyor.
MSS. (1) in the Mass. Archives, (2) in Bernard Papers in Sparks'
Coll., Harvard College Library. Published in Me. Hist. Mag. vol. 9,
p. 123. (1) In Bangor Hist. Mag., vol. 4, p. 141.
Chalkley, Thomas, the Quaker Preacher, s. of Mr. George and
Mrs. (Harding) Chalkley of England, b. in London, Mar. 3, 1675;
m. (1) Martha Billerton, 1699, (2) Mrs. Martha Brown, Feb. 15, 1714;
d. at Tortola, West Indies, Sept. 4, 1741.
Diary : Begins with a narrative of his life from birth and ends
Aug. 25, 1739. This is an account kept as a journal of many trips
he took including several to New England, especially to Boston,
Salem, Providence and Nantucket. He mentions the houses where
he lodged, the friends he met, the marriages and deaths which he
heard of, gives an account of meetings, besides various matters of
more personal interest to himself.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MS. published in Philadelphia, 1747 ; New York, 1808 ; and in
"Friend's Library," Phila., 1837, vol. V, p. 1.
Champion, Henry, Col., of Colchester, Conn., s. of Henry and
Mehitable (Rowley) Champion, b. Jan. 19, 1723 at East Haddam,
Conn. ; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1746 at East Haddam, Deborah Brainerd, (2)
Nov. 24, 1791 in Westchester, Mrs. Sarah (Brainerd) Lewis.
Diary: June 8 - Nov. 15, 1758. "A journal from Colchester to Ti-
conderoga." Of the daily march, encampments, building of breast
works, &c. The names of his company are given.
MS. published in the "Champion Genealogy," by F. B. Trowbridge.
Chandler, Abiel, of Andover, Mass., s. of Capt. Joshua and Han-
nah (Chandler) Chandler, b. Aug. 28, 1760; m. Mary Abbot of Mer-
rimac Corner, Oct. 17, 1782 ; d. in Boston, Nov. 2, 1833.
Diary : Dec. 2, 1776- Apr. 1, 1777. Service on North River in New
York in Capt. John Abbot's Co. in Major Gage's Regiment.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Published in Essex
Institute Hist. Colls, vol. 47, p. 191.
Chandler, Samuel, Rev., of Gloucester, Mass., s. of Josiah and
Sarah (Ingalls) Chandler, b. July, 1813 ; m. Sept. 12, 1738, Ann Peck-
er of Haverhill, Mass. ; d. at Gloucester, Mass., Apr. 16, 1775.
Diary: 1746, 1749, 1751, 1752-1758 inclusive, 1761-1764. Interleaved
almanacs. Part of this Journal is of a trip to Crown Point and his
life when encamped at Fort William Henry. Many interesting so-
cial and personal affairs recorded and many people mentioned.
"Mingled with much that is unimportant they contain many items
that will be read with interest by all who take pleasure in getting an
occasional glimpse of the life of past generations." There are many
marriages and deaths noted.
MS. owned (1761 to 1764) by Mrs. Anna M. Pickford of Newton
Centre, Mass. A fragment in possession of Miss Mulliken of New-
buryport, and the rest by the Essex Institute of Salem. Published.
The years of 1755-56 in the N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. Oct., 1863. Com-
municated by Dr. George Chandler of Worcester. Part in the notes
and additions to the "History of Gloucester," by J. J. Babson, 1891.
Some marriages culled from it were printed in the N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg. for July 1902, contributed by Mrs. Pickford. Oct. 5 -Nov. 17,
1755 in Munsell's "Hist. Coll. of Albany," II, p. 373.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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Chandler, Samuel, Jr., of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Rev. Samuel
Anna (Pecker) Chandler, b. June 26, 1753 ; m. Elizabeth Parsons of
Newburyport, Oct. 2. 1781 ; d. May 25, 1786.
Diary: Feb. 10, 1773 - Dec. 9, 1773. College life— has a long ac-
count of the drowning and funeral of a son of Major Paddock. Is
"well bound in sheepskin and embellished with wonderful heads
drawn in ink."
MS. owned by Miss Sarah E. Mulliken, 46 High St., Newburyport.
Published in "Harvard Graduates Magazine," Mar. and June, 1902.
Chandler, Samuel, of Stoughton, Mass., b. Dec. 31, 1708; m.
Oct. 26, 1748, Sarah Gill; d. Aug. 5, 1794.
Diary : 1783 (date of extract). "Contains items of interest to the
historian." Lists of deaths in Stoughton. Cited in "Hist, of Can-
ton," p. 631.
Chandler, Thomas Bradbury, Rev., of Elizabethtown, N. J.,
s. of Capt. William and Jemima (Bradbury) Chandler, b. in Wood-
stock, Conn., Apr. 26, 1726; m. Jane Emott of Elizabethtown, 1750;
d. June 17, 1790.
Diary: May 15, 1775 - Apr. 6, 1786. Journal kept during his stay
abroad raising funds for the destitute brethern at home and endeav-
oring to form an American episcopate. He was a loyalist.
MS. owned by the General Theological Seminary, Chelsea Sq.,
New York. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 27.
Chapin, Edward, Deacon, of Chicopee, Mass., s. of David and
Sarah (Stebbins) Chapin, b. Feb. 16, 1724 ; m. July 6, 1752, Eunice
Colton of Longmeadow ; d. Jan. 6, 1800.
Diary: Sept. 9, 1743 -Aug. 30, 1754, with occasional entries in
1759, '61, '65 and '66. Weather, hunting and farming ; Indian wars ;
building of the meeting house, school house, &c. He was at Lake
George in 1755 as clerk of Capt. Luke Hitchcock's Co.
MS. owned by Mr. Alfred McKinstry, McKinstry Ave., Chicopee,
Mass. Extracts published in "Annals of Chicopee Street," Palmer.
Chapin, Noah, Jr., of Somers, Conn., s. of Noah and Mary
(Wright) Chapin, b. July 20, 1748; m. 1777, Mary Williams; d. Mav
5, 1790.
Diary: Apr. 17 -July 18,1775. Kept at Roxbury, describes the
battle of Bunker Hill. He was ensign in Capt. Solomon Willis' Co.
in Col. Jos. Spencer's regiment.
MS. owned by State Library, Hartford, Conn.
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Chaplin, Benjamin, of Sutton, Mass., s. of Rev. Ebenezer and
Mary (Morse) Chaplin, b. June 18,1776; m. Sept. 12,1810, Sally
Towne of Ware ; d. in Dixneld, Me., Dec. 1838.
Diary: Feb. 1, 1792 -Dec. 31, 1792. Largely of his fathers and
his own doings, parish matters, trips, farm matters, with some deaths.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Soc. ; in Thomas Wallcutt
papers. Unpublished.
Chaplin, Ebenezer, Rev., of Sutton, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Jami-
son (Alden) Chaplin of Pomfret, Conn., b. Sept. 16, 1733; m. Mary
Morse of Holliston ; d. in Hardwick, Dec. 13, 1822.
Diary: Oct. 18, 1790 -Mar. 19, 1802, with occasional memoranda
to Jan. 28, 1805. "A Septimanary. Some portions are fragmentary
and cover only brief statements of where he went, the people he
met and his personal expenses, while other portions are full of
extended arguments upon topics affecting his mind at the time and
occasionally he has made entries which are admirable illustrations
of his pastoral work." Also personal and town matters, weather,
vital statistics, &c.
MS. Extracts published in "An Old Time Minister," by Henry L.
Shumway, Wor. Soc. of Antiq. Pro., vol. 19.
Chapman, Thomas, of Elizabethtown, N. J. He was born in
England.
Diary : Sept. 1 - Nov. 21, 1796. Of a journey through the Eastern
states, he travels through a large part of New England and gives
descriptions of the towns and of the taverns where he stopped.
MS. Owned in 1869 by his grandson, Geo. Temple Chapman of
N. Y. Published in Hist. Mag., Aug. 1869 and Jan. 1870.
Chase, Stephen, of Chester, N. H., s. of Jacob and Prudence
(Hills) Chase, b. Mar. 27, 1759; m. Jan. 3, 1787, Rhoda Blake of
Hampton ; d. Feb. 18, 1819.
Diary: Apr. 1, 1784 -Feb. 1819. "Filled largely with his labors
on the farm, and other business, which shows him to have been a
very industrious man ; and in it are also entered the births, mar-
riages and deaths and many of the interesting events of the time,
from which I have drawn many facts otherwise lost." — "History of
Chester," by Benj. Chase.
MS. owned by Mr. John C. Chase, Derry, N. H. Unpublished.
Chastellux, Marquis de, of France, s. of the Commandant at'
Roussillon, b. in Paris, 1734 ; m. Plunkett, 1787 ; d. 1788.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
55
Diary: July 11, 1780- Dec. 12, 1782. Not a real diary although he
gives what he does from day to day. He travelled in Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York, as well as farther
south. He visited the battlefields of the Revolution, meets many
famous people, full of small incidents, anecdotes, reflections and
historical facts. "A picture of our country drawn by the hand of a
master, in traits undoubtedly correct as far as they go." He was
with Rochambeau.
MS. Published in London, 1787 and New York, 1828.
Chauncey, Charles, Rev., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of George and
Agnes (Welsh) (Humberston) Chauncey, bapt. Nov. 5, 1592 in Eng-
land ; m. Mar. 17, 1630, Catherine Eyre of Sarum ; d. Feb. 19, 1661.
Diary: mentioned in "Mem. of the Chaunceys," Fowler, p. 21.
• Checkley, Samuel, Rev., of Boston, Mass., s. of Samuel and Mary
(Scottow) Checkley, b. Feb. 11, 1695/6; m. Jan. 5, 1720/1, Elizabeth
Rolfe of Haverhill, Mass ; d. Dec. 1, 1769.
Diary: 1735. An interleaved almanac. "Among the most im-
portant items in the Diary are the burials recorded and most of
them were Checkley's parishioners or neighbors." He also records
many accidents and tragedies, observance of Pope's night, fires, &c.
MS. owned by Henry W. Cunningham, Esq., of Boston. Pub-
lished in Cambridge, J. Wilson & Son, 1909, reprinted from "Pub-
lications of the Colonial Society of Mass."
Child, William, of Templeton, Mass., s. of Elisha and Mary
(Wheeler) Child, b. at Lincoln, Mass., June 16, 1759; m. Apr. 7, 1788,
Bethia Hayward ; d. at Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 30, 1836.
Diary: "Journal No. 7, Apr. 5, 1805 -Mar. 11, 1834. Accounts,
brief mention of daily events, religious. Not kept continously.
The earlier volumes have not been discovered.
MS. owned by Misses F. A. and B. V. Osgood, Linnean St., Cam-
bridge, Mass. Unpublished.
Chipman, Handley, Judge, of Cornwallis, N. S., s. of John and
Elizabeth Handley (Russell) Chipman, b. in Sandwich, Mass., Aug.
31, 1717; m. (1) Apr. 24, 1740, Jean Allen of Marthas Vineyard, (2)
Dec. 14, 1775, Nancy Post of Cornwallis ; d. May 27, 1799.
Diary : is of personal matters. He is said to have left more jour-
nals and similar papers than any other of the N. E. planters in Nova
Scotia. He was a loyalist.
MS. owned by Mr. J. P. Chipman of Kentville, N. S. Unpublished.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Chipman, Ward, Judge, of Marblehead, Mass., s, of John and
Elizabeth (Brown) Chipman, b. July 30, 1754 ; m. ab't 1785, Eliza-
beth Hazen of Haverhill ; d. at Fredericton, N. B., Feb. 9, 1824.
Diary: 1786 (date of quotation).
MS. owned in 1780 by Mrs. Ward Chipman, Jr. Cited in "Our
French Allies," Stone, Prov., 1884.
Church, Asa, of Rutland, Mass., s. of Ephraim and Sarah (Gates)
Church, bapt. 1749 in Rutland ; m. Rachel Newton, Oct. 22, 1774,
int. ; d. Feb. 15, 1809 at Hubbardston.
Diary: July 1, 1782 -June 7, 1783. He was quartermaster in Col.
Smith's Massachusetts regiment. This journal was kept during his
army service.
MS. owned by Mrs. Bradley Eaton, New York. Unpublished.
Churchman, John, of Nottingham, Pa., s. of John and Hannah
( ) Churchman, b. at Nottingham, Aug. 4, 1705 ; m. Jan. 27,
1729, Margaret Browne; d. Sept. 24, 1775.
Diary: 1705 - 1774. Begins with his birth and early life, goes to
New England with Samuel Hopwood in 1742.
MS. published in London and Philadelphia, 1780. Also in "Friend's
Library," Phila., 1837, vol. V.
Claggert, Wiseman, of Portsmouth, N. H., b. in Bristol, England,
1721 ; m. Aug. 14, 1759, Lettice Mitchell of Portsmouth ; d. in Litch-
field, N. H., Dec. 4, 1784.
Diary : Mar. 5, 1759 - Nov. 30, 1766. Notarial register largely in
regard to ships, a few indentures and other items. Many of the
entries are several pages long and give the history of the ship's voy-
age. Some of them relate to encounters with French privateers. A
few entries are in French. He was King's attorney general.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. given by Prof. Barrett Wendell,
1918. Unpublished.
Clap, Supply, Rev., of Dorchester and Burlington, Mass., s. of
Samuel and Mary (Paul) Clap, b. in Dorchester, June 1, 1711 ; m.
Aug. 11, 1737, Martha Fowle of Woburn ; d. Dec. 28, 1747.
Diary: July 19, 1733 -Sept. 1740 (dates of extracts). Personal
doings, trips, &c.
MS. were probably all destroyed in the fire which burned the
house of Samuel Sewall in Burlington in 1897. A few extracts'
published in "Clap Memorial," p. 20.
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57
Clap, Thomas, Pres. of Yale College and Windham, Conn., s. of
Steohen and Temperance Clapp, b. in Scituate, Mass., June 26, 1703;
m. U) Nov. 23, 1727, Mary Whiting of Windham, (2) Feb. 5, 1741,
Mrs. Mary (Lord) Saltonstall of Branford ; d. Jan. 7, 1767.
Diary : 1737. "Of some remarkable occurrences" in his life.
MS. Extract in "Clapp Mem.," p. 130, relates to calls made in his
parish.
Clap, Thomas, of Taunton, Mass., s. John and Hannah (Gill)
Clapp, b. in Scituate, Nov. 11, 1705 ; m. (1) Sept. 9, 1731, Mary Leonard
of Norton, (2) May 9, 1745, Esther Chandler of Worcester; d. May
31, 1774.
Diary: Sept. 31, 1729 -Aug. 9, 1738. Records as Justice of Peace
in Scituate and a list of marriages and deaths. He was also a
minister of the Gospel.
MS. owned by Old Colony Hist. Soc, Taunton. Unpublished.
Clark, Elihu, of Colchester, Conn., probably son of Elihu and
Elizabeth (Kellogg) Clark.
Diary: Apr. 20 -Dec. 20, 1775. He starts from Colchester when
he hears of Lexington and reaches Boston in time for the battle of
Bunker Hill which he describes. The journal ends at Cambridge.
MS. A copy by Force, owned by the Library of Congress. Un-
published.
Clark, Pitt, Rev., of Norton, Mass., s. of Jacob and Meletiah
(Hammant) Clark, b. at Medfleld, Jan. 15, 1763 ; m. (1) Feb. 1, 1798,
Rebecca Jones of Hopkinton, (2) Nov. 12, 1812, Mary Jones Stimson
of Hopkinton ; d. Feb. 13, 1835.
Diary: (1) Dates unknown. (2) 1796. (1) "For many years before
his death he kept a sort of diary, wherein he recorded some of the
principal events that transpired and expressed his feelings at certain
epochs in his life."
MS. published (1) in "Hist, of Norton," p. 179. (2) Memoranda
in Larkin's "Pocket Register and Almanac," of personal matters,
farming notes, &c, p. 189.
Clarke, Jonas, Rev., of Lexington, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mary
(Bowen) Clarke, b. Dec. 14, 1730 ; m. Sept. 21, 1751, Lucy Bowes ;
d. Nov. 15, 1805.
Diary: 1766-1805. Interleaved almanacs. Personal, local and
public items, including many references to events in the Revolution
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in Lexington and vicinity. There are now four volumes. There
were originally five but the first volume is now lost.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry Clarke, 110 Tremont St., Boston. Un-
published.
Clarke, Joseph, of Northampton, Mass., s. of Samuel and Eunice
(Lyman) Clarke of Simsbury, b. Oct. 8, 1749 ; m. (1) Anne Barnard,
Apr. 2, 1775, (2) Lydia Cooke, Nov. 13, 1787; d. Dec. 18, 1828.
Diary: 1794-1832. Almanacs. Observations of the weather
and a few items of family interest. The last four years by another
hand. <
MS. owned by Mrs. Laura A. Hudson, Plainfield, Mass. Un-
published. Extracts in Judd MSS., Forbes Library, Northampton.
Cleaveland, John, Rev., of Salem, Mass., s. of Josiah and Abi-
gail (Paine) Cleaveland, b. Apr. 11, 1722 at Canterbury, Conn.; m.
(1) July 15, 1747, Mary Dodge, (2) Sept. 28, 1769, Mary (Neale)
Foster ; d. Apr. 22, 1799 at Ipswich.
Diary: (1) Jan. 15, 1741/2 -May 11, 1742. Kept when he was a
freshman at Yale. "Especially useful as showing the conflicts be-
tween some of the students and the college authorities." Contains
remarks on the Separatists, the New Lights, &c.
Diary: (2) Feb. 9, 1745/6 -May 1, 1746. Of his daily doings in
Boston.
Diary: (3) June 15 - Oct. 25, 1758. Kept when he was chaplain
of a regiment at Schenectady, Fort Edward, Fort William Henry and
at King's Ferry.
Diary: (4) June 14 - Aug. 23, 1759. Journal of the siege of Louis-
bourg. He was chaplain in Col. Jonathan Bagley's Company.
Diary: (5) Oct. 1 - Dec. 2, 1776. Expedition from Salem to Hart-
ford and Fairfield, where he meets regiments of Col. Mcintosh and
Col. Cogswell and goes to Horseneck.
MSS. (1) and (2) owned by Essex Institute, (3) and (5) copies by
Library of Congress. (4) published in Essex Inst. Coll., vol. 12, p. 13.
Cleaveland, Mary, Mrs., of Salem, Mass., dau. of Parker and
Mary (Choate) Dodge, b. Mar. 11, 1723 ; m. Rev. John Cleaveland,
July 15, 1747 ; d. at Chebacco, Apr. 21, 1768.
Diary: Jan. 16, 1742 -Dec. 23, 1762. Gives accounts of two visits
from George Whitfield, family and personal matters.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Unpublished.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
59
Cleaves, Benjamin, of Beverly, Mass., of Capt. Benjamin Ives'
Co., s. of Lt. Beniamin and Rebecca (Conant) Cleaves, b. at Beverly,
Jan. 4, 1721/2 ; in. (1) Oct. 9, 1746, Anna Woodbery of Salem; (2)
June 15, 1775, Anna Meacham ; buried Aug. 16, 1808.
Diary : Mar. 6, 1744/5- July 24, 1745 with a few receipts dated
1745. Of the siege of Louisburg. Gives a list of the men in Capt.
Ives' Company.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Published in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., Apr. 1912.
Clesson, Matthew, Lt., of Deerfleld, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Hannah (Arms) Clesson, b. Aug. 7, 1713; m. Oct. 18, 1743, Abigail
Hoyt ; d. Oct. 24, 1756, on the expedition to Lake George.
Diary: Apr. 13 - Apr. 25, 1756, with some accounts. "His travels
on his Intended Scout to the Lake Champlain by the way of Otter
Creek."
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Clough, Abner, of Exeter, N. H., s. of Thomas and Mary (Gile)
Clough of Salisbury, b. Nov. 28, 1720 ; d. May 18, 1786.
Diary : July 14, 1746 - Sept. 28, 1746. "Abner Clough's Journal
containing an account of the march of Capt. Daniel Ladd and his men
who were sent by the Governor and Council of New Hampshire to
protect the inhabitants of Rumford and the adjacent towns against
the incursions of the Indians."
MS. in the "Secretary's Office." A copy in the Library of Con-
gress. Published in Coll. of N. H. Hist. Soc, IV, p. 201. Also Aug.
5, in "Hist, of Chester," Bell, p. 61.
Clough, Gibson, of Salem, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Anne Clough,
b. in Salem, June 22, 1738; m. (1) Sarah Hilliard of Salem, Dec. 7,
1762, (2) Susannah Mansfield of Salem, Dec. 15, 1763; d. July 12,
1799.
Diary: (1) Apr. 4, 1759- Jan. 1, 1761. "Journal of Gibson Clough
from Salem in New England until he arrived at Louisburg and what
happened there from the first of June until the end of the year. In
two parts, the one ending with the year, and the other beginning
with the new year. In a company commanded by Capt. Giddings.
In a provincial Regiment commanded by Coll. Jonathan Bagley,
Esq."
Diary: (2) 1773-1780. This gives a list of burials 1773 to 1780
when he was sexton of St. Peter's Church.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MSS. (1) owned by Charles F. Pousland, Esq. of East Cambridge,
Mass., (2) by Mrs. W. C. Barton, Salem. (1) Published in Essex Inst.
Hist. Coll., June and Oct. 1861.
Cobb, David, Gen., of Gouldsborough, Maine, one of Washington's
aides, s. of Thomas and Lydia (Leonard) Cobb, b. at Attleborough,
Mass., Sept. 14, 1748; m. Eleanor Bradish, 1766; d. Apr. 17, 1830.
Diary: (1) 1781. A diary of daily events during the siege of
Yorktown and of his journey from Virginia to General Heath's post
on the Hudson River.
Diary : (1) Dec. 26, 1795 - Dec. 1, 1796. Rather long entries of per-
sonal and general affairs.
MSS. (1) owned by Hon. Samuel C. Cobb in 1881, (2) by Mrs.
Eleanor Kingsley of Ellsworth, Me. Published (1) Extracts in Mass.
Hist. Soc. Pro., Oct. 1881, (2) Bangor Hist. Journal, vol. V.
Cobb, Elisha, Capt., of Gorham, Maine, s. of Elisha and Mary
(Harding) Cobb, b. at Eastham, Mass., June 6, 1736 ; m. Nov. 1760,
Elizabeth Murch ; d. June 11, 1794.
Diary: May 21 -July 8, 1758 (dates of extracts). Kept while he
was a scout in Capt John Libby's Co., Col. Jedidiah Preble's regiment.
MS. Extracts published in "Hist, of Gorham, Me.," McClellan,
p. 66.
Cobb, Sylvanus, of Barnstable, Mass., s. of James and Elizabeth
(Hallett) Cobb, b. Nov. 25, 1700 ; m. Nov. 7, 1728, Maedcy Baker ;
d. Sept. 30, 1756.
Diary: Oct. 11, 1746 . Journal of the Cape Breton Expedition.
MS. mentioned in "French and Indian War," by Drake.
Cochrane, Isaac, Dea., of Antrim, N. H., s. of Capt. John and
Jenny (McKean) Cochran, b. in Londonderry, Apr. 23, 1742 ; m. Oct.
28, 1765, Ruth Hopkins ; d. Aug. 21, 1825.
Diary : 1794. Occasional entries in his ledger called incorrectly
a diary.
MS. owned by Mr. George A. Cochrane, Antrim, N. H. Unpub-
lished.
Codman, John and Richard, of Boston, Mass., they were sons of
John and Abigail (Asbury) Codman, John, b. Jan. 17, 1755 ; Richard,
June 12, 1762; m. John, (1) Margaret Russell, July 15, 1781, (2)
Catharine Amory, Feb. 14, 1791; John, d. May 17, 1803; Richard,
d. Jan. 27, 1806.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
61
Diary: 1796. Fleet Almanacs interleaved. Business entries, rent
of stores, houses, sailing and arrival of ships, a few deaths.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Coffin, Paul, Rev., of Buxton, Me., s. of Col. Joseph and Mar-
garet (Morse) Coffin, b. in old Coffin homestead, Newbury, Jan. 16,
1737 ; m. Mary Gorham of Charlestown, Mass; d. June 6, 1821.
Diary: (1) July 10 -Aug. 9,1760. A tour to Connecticut River
through Massachusetts from Wells, Me.
Diary : (2) July 6 - Aug. 1761. Tour to Rhode Island.
Diary: (3) Sept. 29, 1768 - Oct. 7, 1768. Ride to Piggwacket.
Diary: (4) Oct. 5, 1795 -Oct. 24, 1795. Tour to Hanover, N. H.
Diary: (5) June 15 -Aug. 26, 1796, (6) Aug. 28 -Oct. 28, 1797,
(7) Aug. 13 -Oct. 13, 1798, (8) Aug. 18 -Oct. 20, 1800. Are journals
of missionary tours in Maine.
MSS. owned by Maine Historical Society. Given by Cyrus Wood-
man, Esq. of Cambridge. Published in Hist. Coll. of Maine Hist.
Soc, vol. 4, p. 259.
Cogan, John, Capt., of East Sudbury or Dunstable, Mass., s. cf
John and Elizabeth (Richardson) Cogan, b. in Woburn, Aug. 8, 1699 ;
m. (1) Elizabeth Jennison of Natick, Oct. 21, 1724, (2) Aug. 31, 1727,
Sarah Wyman of Woburn, (3) Feb. 9, 1737, Patience Wyman.
Diary: Sept. 17 -Oct. 3, 1732. A journal of the expedition to Pig-
wacket.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, 38A. fois. 19-20. Published in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg.
Cogswell, James, Rev., of Ipswich, Mass., s. of Samuel and Ann
Cogswell, b. in Saybrook, Conn., Jan. 6, 1720; m. (1) Alice Fitch of
Canterbury, (2) Mrs. (Lothrop) Devotion, (3) Mrs. Hibbard of
Scotland ; d. Jan. 2, 1807.
Diary: 1764, 1766 and probably more. "An extremely interesting
record of personal, church and public events at an interesting
period." — Miss Lamed.
MS. said to be owned by the Conn. State Library, but they do not
know where to place it. Unpublished.
Cogswell, Mason Fitch, Dr., of Canterbury, Conn., s. of Rev.
James and Alice (Fitch) Cogswell of Canterbury, b. Sept. 28, 1761 ;
m. Mary Austin Ledyard ; d. Dec. 10, 1830.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary: Nov. 14 -Dec. 19, 1788. Horseback trips through Con-
necticut, with very entertaining accounts of the social affairs he at-
tended, people he met, things he had to eat, &c.
MS. owned in 1899 by Dr. Leonard Bacon. Extracts published
in Conn. Mag., 1899.
Coit, Daniel Lathrop, of Norwich, Conn., s. of Capt. Joseph
and Lydia (Lathrop) Coit, b. Sept. 20, 1754 in New London ; m. Nov.
23, 1786, Elizabeth Bill; d. Nov. 27, 1833.
Diary: (1) May 29, 1783- June 7, 1784. A diary in nine parts, of
a trip to Europe.
Diary: (2) Feb. 21, 1787 -Aug. 16, 1788. Brief and irregular en-
tries about small business affairs, short trips in the vicinity of Nor-
wich and to Boston and New York.
MSS. owned by Mr. Wm. C. Gilman, Norwich Town, Conn. Un-
published.
Coit, Joseph, of Norwich, Conn., s. of John and Mehetabel (Chand-
ler) Coit, b, in New London, Nov. 15, 1698 ; m. (1) Mary Hunting
of East Hampton, June, 1732, (2) Lydia Lathrop of Norwich, Jan. 9,
1739/40; d. Apr. 27, 1787.
Diary: Aug. 31, 1735 -Dec. 18, 1779. "A day book," can hardly
be called a diary. Twenty pages of events in his life, largely remin-
iscences of earlier years.
MS. owned by Mr. William C. Gilman, Norwich Town, Conn.
Unpublished.
Coit, Mehitable Chandler, of New London, Conn., dau. of John
and Elizabeth (Douglas) Chandler, b. in Roxbury Aug. 24, 1673 ; m.
June 25, 1695, John Coit ; d. in New London, Nov. 3, 1758.
Diary: May 31, 1688 - Sept. 27, 1749. "It is not a journal but con-
tains brief records of many family events, the birth of her children,
the visits of friends, &c, with sundry epitaphs, religious verses and
domestic receipes for curing fevers and the 'toothake,' for roasting
eels and boiling Troute, for making currant wine, Plumb cake, Rusk
and gingerbread." There are also other births, marriages and deaths
recorded, besides those in her own family.
MS. owned by Mr. Wm. C. Gilman, Norwich Town, Conn. Ex-
tracts published "Norwich, Conn.," 1895.
Colburn, Isaac, of Dedham, Mass., s. of Isaac and Hepsibah
(Pond) Colburn, b. Aug. 8, 1766; m. (1) Elizabeth Dexter of Marl-
borough, Nov. 23, 1788, (2) Mary Harris of Needham, Nov. 15, 1817;
d. May 10, 1845.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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Diary: May 20, 1786 -Jan. 16, 1795 (date of last extract). Ac-
count book with some diary entries. Taught school in Marlborough
and Dedham.
MS. owned in 1892 by Mr. Francis E. Colburn, Norwood, Mass.
Extract published in Dedham Hist. Reg., July, 1892.
Collins, Zaccheus, of Lynn, Mass., s. of Samuel and Rebecca
(Howland) Collins, one of the first Quakers in Lynn, b. May 28, 1698 ;
m. Elizabeth Sawyer of Newbury, Mar. 7, 1722/3 ; d. 1770, (between
May 24 and Aug. 6).
Diary: Mar. 13, 1726 -Apr. 7, 1769. "There is an entry for each
day of the forty-four years covered by the diary. Most of them are
of routine work, for he was a blacksmith, malster and farmer, and
served many years as selectman. Each year he went to Quaker
meeting in Rhode Island and in Hampton, N. H. His home in Lynn
was a frequent resort for travelling Quakers, whose names are al-
ways given." — Mr. John Albree.
MS. owned by Essex Institute. Unpublished.
Comer, John, Rev., of Newport, R. I., s. of John and Mary (Pit-
torn) Comer, b. in Boston, Aug. 1, 1704; m. Sarah Rogers of New-
port, Jan. 20, 1726; d. at Rehoboth, May 23, 1734.
Diary: 1722 with occasional notes of previous events in his life
beginning with his birth, to May 1, 1733. "His diary covering the
greater part of his life is of an antique pattern. He often jots down
occurrences in the fewest possible words. He deals little with the
pictorial and picturesque elements. Historically considered, this
diary, which is often quoted by Backus and others, is valuable."
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Published in Rhode Island
Hist. Coll., VIII, with very full notes by C. Edwin Barrows, D. D.
Comstock, Christopher, of Chatham, Conn., s. of John and Mary
(Lee) Comstock of Lyme, Conn., bapt. Feb. 6, 1731/2; m. Anna
Wiley; d. Oct. 30, 1808 aged 82.
Diary: (1) Sept. 8- Nov. 8, 1758. Kept when he was clerk in Capt.
Henry Champion's Company.
(2) July 2 - Nov. 20, 1759. When he was sergeant in Ichabod
Phelps' Eighth Co. Both of service in the French and Indian
war.
MSS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Connor, Timothy, parentage unknown,
u Diary: June 15, 1777- July 22, 1779. Kept in Forton prison, Eng-
land. "A Yankee privateersman in Prison in England." A graphic
picture of their prison life, the poor food, the bits of news, true and
false, that drifted in to them from the outside world. A roll of the
men's names with their ships and stations who were Americans in
Forton prison, the deaths of his fellow prisoners, hopes of being ex-
changed and other interesting happenings in their daily routine.
MS. owned in 1878 by Wm. Richard Cutler of Lexington, Mass.
Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 1876, 1877 and 1878.
Constant, Silas, Rev., of Waterbury, Conn, and Blooming Grove,
N. Y., s. of Col. Joseph and Susan (Tirrell) Constant, b. at Water-
bury, Jan. 15, 1750 ; m. (1) Amy Lewis of Waterbury, 1769, (2) Mrs.
Jane D. Robinson ; d. Mar. 22, 1825.
Diary: Apr. 20, 1783 -Aug. 15, 1801. "The Journal so carefully
kept for twenty years is a mine of names and dates and a record for
a part of New York which is deficient in public records of marriages
and deaths. Mr. Constant's Diary is a curious study. He chroni-
cled so many unimportant petty details of his daily life and yet
made no mention of the historic fact of the First inauguration of
Pres. Washington, although he was in New York City preaching
at that date. It is a simple record of twenty years of patient toil in
the service of the Master and has a pathetic interest quite apart
from its value genealogically."
MS. owned by E. W. Roebling. Published by Lippincott, Phila.,
1903. .
Cooke, Samuel, Rev., of Second Precinct, Cambridge, s. Lieut.
Samuel and Ann (Marsh) Cooke, b. in Hadley, Jan. 10, 1709 ; m. (1)
Sarah Porter of Hadley, int. Aug. 29, 1740, (2) Anna Colton of
Newton, int. Sept. 5, 1742, (3) Lucy Hancock Bowes, int. Oct. 14,
1762 ; d. at Menotomy, June 4, 1783.
Diary: Sept. 12, 1739 -June 4, 1783. "It is made up almost en-
tirely of matters connected with his parish ; has a record of the
births, deaths and baptisms and marriages from 1739 to 1783."
Largely notes for sermons.
MS. owned by the Arlington Historical Society, in the Arlington
Public Library. Extracts published in the "Cutter Family."
Cooper, Samuel, Rev., of Weston and Waltham, Mass., s. of
Rev. William and Judith (Sewall) Cooper, b. Mar. 28, 1725 ; m. Sept,
11, 1746, Judith Bulfinch ; d. Dec. 29, 1783.
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65
Diary: (1) Jan. 7, 1753 -Feb. 13, 1754, (2) Jan. 1, 1764 -Mar. 2,
1765, (3) Oct. 22 -Dec. 31, 1769, (4) Apr. 19, 1775 -May 17, 1776.
A short record for each day of the personal affairs and social life of
a distinguished man who was thrown in contact with many of the
best known men of his day. He also tells of many baptisms, mar-
riages and deaths.
MSS. (1) owned by New York Hist. Soc. (2) and (4) by Mr.
Marvin M. Taylor, Worcester, Mass. Published : (1) in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., vol. 41, p. 388. Also in Hist. Mag. Supplement X, p. 82.
(2) and (3) N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1901, p. 3. (4) In Am. Hist.
Review, VI, p. 301.
Cooper, William, Rev., of Boston, s. of Thomas and Mehitable
(Minot) Cooper of Boston, b. Mar. 12, 1693 ; m. May 12, 1720, Judith
Sewall ; d. Dec. 13, 1743, aged 49.
Diary : (1) Feb. 6, 1714/15 - Dec. 27, 1730. Interleaved almanacs.
Largely baptisms, weddings, funerals and short personal entries.
Diary: (2) Nov. 8, 1722 - Jan. 24, 1724/5. Notebook containing
entries of texts and notes of sermons by various ministers.
MSS. (1) 1715, 1716, 1723, 1725 owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc,
(2) by Prof. Frederick Tuckerman, Amherst, Mass. Extracts pub-
lished in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., vol. 30, p. 435 and vol. 31, p. 49.
Cooper, William, of Boston, s. of William and Judith (Sewall)
Cooper, b. in Brookline, Oct. 1, 1721 ; m. Apr. 25, 1745, Katharine
Wendell ; d. in Boston, Nov. 28, 1809.
Diary: Aug. 12, 1764 - Oct. 5, 1766. A Sunday diary. One hun-
dred and ten closely written pages. Some items of family interest,
comments on public affairs, records of journeys, visits and the
weather, but chiefly religious.
MS. owned by Prof. Frederick Tuckerman, Amherst, Mass. Un-
published.
Coote, Richard, Earl of Bellomont, of Merton Court near Sed-
bury, England, s. of Richard and Mary (St. George) Coote, b. 1636
it Colooney, Ireland ; m. 1660, Catharine Naufan ; d. at New York,
Mar. 5, 1701.
Diary: (1) Sept. 18 -Sept. 28, 1699. A journey from Boston to
Rhode Island. Rhode Island matters.
Diary : (2) Aug. 26 - Sept. 4, 1700. Conference with the Indians
at Albany. A full account of what was done each day.
MSS. (1) and (2) owned by Public Record Office, London. (1) Copy
in Penn. Hist. Soc. Published (1) "Board of Trade Papers Proprie-
66
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taries," vol. 4, p. 573. (1) and (2) also in "Calendar of State Papers,
Colonial," 1699-1700, p. 584.
Copeland, Moses, of Warren, Me., s. of David and Elizabeth (Bent)
Copeland, b. in Milton, Apr. 6, 1741 ; m. (1) 1761, Patience Sweet of
Boston, (2) Aug. 20, 1794, Margaret Schaeffer ; d. June 2, 1817.
Diary: 1769-1793 (dates of extracts). Which relate to natural
phenomena, farming, &c. He was adjutant in Col. Lithgow's reg.
MS. is with the Copeland MSS. Cited in "Annals of Warren,"
Eaton, p. 147.
Corbett, Ichabod, of Mendon, Mass., s. of Jesse and Mary Cor-
bett, b. Apr. 21, 1756, in Mendon ; m. Sept. 16, 1779, Olive Lassall;
d. at Milford, Feb. 19, 1829.
Diary: (1) Dec. 25, 1776 -Mar. 31, 1777. Largely brief entries of
where he went, what he ate and how much he paid. It is a diary of
the Revolution. He gives the names of fifty-nine associates. "It
furnishes" says Mr. E. B. Crane, "data not to be found in the
printed records of the soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War.
There are two expeditions referred to in this diary." He was
private in Capt. Gershom Nelson's Co. ; also served in Capt. John
Tyler's Co. He goes to Tarrytown and other places in New York.
Diary: (2) Jan. 8 - Apr. 1, 1778. In Rhode Island.
MSS. owned by Worcester Society of Antiquity. Published in
their Proceedings, XIX, p. 170.
Corey, Jacob, Dr., of Sturbridge, Mass., s. of John and Hannah
( ) Corey of Roxbury, b. in Sturbridge, Mar. 15, 1754 ; m.
Matilda March of Woodstock, Conn., Dec. 9, 1779 ; d. Sturbridge,
May 17, 1837.
Diary: (1) Oct. 1788 -Dec. 31,1790, (2) Jan. 1-Sept. 23, 1791,
(3) Oct. 1, 1791 -July 3, 1792. Contains a journal of the weather,
his visits to various people and their diseases and personal matters.
Kept in home-made books and written with an ink which is still
distinct.
Diary: (4) Jan. 1, 1779 - Feb. 7, 1786. A doctor's record of deaths.
MSS. (1) and (2) owned by Dr. Francis E. Corey, Alhambra, Cal.
(3) by Mr. Charles V. Corey, Sturbridge, Mass. Mr. Corey of Stur-
bridge owns other note books of Dr. Corey's, lectures to medical
students, &c. (4) owned in 1897, by Eben P. Bassett, Bangor, (4)
Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1897, p. 188.
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L. Cornelius, Elias, Dr., of Long Island, s. of Jonathan and Mary
(Baldwin) Cornelius, b. 1758 ; d. June 13, 1823.
Diary : Aug. 22, 1777 - 1778. He was surgeon's mate to the 2d
regiment of Rhode Island troops under Col. Israel Angell. He was
taken prisoner by the British and confined in Provost prison in New
York from which he escaped January 16, 1778. In March he
reached Norwalk, Conn.
MS. published in Putnam Co. Republican, 1895.
Cornish, James, of Northampton, Mass., b. in England about
1612-15; m. (1) , (2) Mrs. Phebe (Brown) Larrabee, 1662; d.
Oct. 29, 1698.
Diary: (1) Mar. 27, 1677 -Mar. 24, 1690, (2) Mar. 27, 1677 -June
5, 1694. Both books are diaries of Court procedures at Northamp-
ton. Probably only (1) is by James Cornish. They both contain
many settlements of estates, inventories, misdemeanours and small
cases.
MSS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, with Mass. Colonial papers.
Unpublished.
Corse, James, of Deerfield, Mass., s. of James and Elizabeth
(Catlin) Corse, b. Mar. 20, 1694; m. (1) Aug. 17, 1721, Thankful
Munn, (2) July 16, 1747, Elizabeth Clesson ; d. Sept. 20, 1783.
Diary : Apr. 27, 1730 for a few days. "A true Coppy of a Journal
of the travels of James Coss from Fort Dummer to Canady in .the
year 1730." He was a noted hunter and scout.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, vol. 38A, p. 125. Published in "Hist,
of Deerfield," Sheldon, I, p. 518.
CorseR, David, of Boscawen, N. H., s. of John and Jane (Nichols)
Corser, b. at Kingston, N. H., Jan. 27, 1754; m. Mar. 17, 1776, Ruth
Blasdell of Salisbury, Mass. ; d. Aug. 23, 1828.
Diary: Apr. 26, 1798 -May, 1800 (dates of extracts). Personal
entries. Extracts relate to his sufferings at the hands of his tory
neighbors.
MS. Extracts published in "The Corser Family," 1902. Copied
from "The Lebanonian," Lebanon, N. H., for Mar. 15, 1899.
Cotton, John, Rev., of Hampton, N. H., s. of Rev. Seaborn and
Dorothy (Bradstreet) Cotton, b. May 8, 1658 ; m. Aug. 17, 1686,
Anne Lake ; d. Mar. 27, 1710.
Diary: 1701.
MS. cited in "Colonial Times on Buzzard Bay," Bliss, 1888, p. 90.
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Cotton, John, Rev., of Plymouth, Mass., s. of Josiah and Hannah
(Sturtevant) Cotton, b. Apr. 12, 1712; m. Hannah Sturtevant (Gen.
Reg. 1, p. 165) ; d. Nov. 4, 1789.
Diary : June 24, 1756 - Nov. 1774. A continuation of the diary of
his father. Personal and town affairs.
MS. at Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass. Unpublished.
Cotton, Josiah, Hon., of Plymouth, Mass., s. of Rev. John and
Joanna (Rossiter) Cotton, b. Jan. 8, 1680 ; m. Hannah Sturtevant,
1708 ; d. Aug. 19, 1756.
Diary : (1) undated. "The manuscript contains accounts of the
relatives of the writer with many letters from his father and mother
and a minute narrative of his own life, including a too brief mention
of his life as an under-graduate of Harvard College from 1694 to
1698 when he took his Bachelor's degree."
This manuscript is written mostly without date and part of it by
other writers, but it is usually called Mr. Cotton's journal.
Diary : (2) July 1732 - 1756. A diary of personal and town affairs.
MSS. (1) owned by Mr. Thomas E. S. Cotton of Scituate. Copy
by Mr. Frank E. Cotton of Maiden, Mass., (2) at Pilgrim Hall, Ply-
mouth, Mass. Unpublished.
Cotton, Seaborn, Rev., of Hampton, N. H., s. of Rev. John and
Sarah (Story) Cotton of Boston, b. at sea, Aug. 12, 1633 ; m. (1) June
14, 1654, Dorothy Bradstreet, (2) Mrs. Prudence (Wade) Crosby,
July 9, 1673; d. Apr. 20, 1686.
Diary: Aug. 11, 1662 -Feb. 9, 1709/10 and some later entries in
another hand. Part of the above kept by his son. Written in a
microscopic hand, almost impossible to read. Accounts of church
meetings, some personal items, receipts, marriages, baptisms. Many
family statistics, names of members of his church, admissions, &c.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. given by Dr. J. S. H. Fogg,
1882. Extracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vols. 33 and 34.
Cowden, Thomas, Capt., of Fitchburg, Mass., s. of James and
Janet (Craig) Cowdin, b. near Londonderry, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1720;
m. (1) Nov. 19, 1748, Experience Grey of Worcester, (2) Oct. 2, 1761,
Hannah Craig of Rutland, Mass. ; d. in Fitchburg, Apr. 22, 1792.
Diary : May 25 - June 2, 1784. He was a member of the General
Court. The journal relates to various petitions and the business of
the Court.
MS. owned by Fitchburg Historical Society. Published in Fitch-
burg Hist. Soc. Coll., I, p. 137.
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69
Cowdrey, Nathaniel, Capt., of Reading, Mass., s. of Nathaniel
and Sarah (Parler) Cowdrey, b. in Reading, Sept. 4, 1759; m. Jeru-
sha Emerson, May 22, 1782 ; d. Sept. 27, 1841.
Diary: July 6 -Dec. 20, 1780. Kept while stationed at West Point
and King's Ferry; Arnold's treachery discovered. He was in Capt.
Francis' Co., Col. Tupper's regiment.
MS. owned by Wakefield Historical Society. Published in Ameri-
can Monthly, Apr. 1894. •
Cowles, Julia, of Litchfield, Conn., granddaughter of Josiah and
Jemima Cowles of Southington, b. 1786.
Diary: June 26 - July 28, 1797. A school girl's account of the daily
happenings in Miss Sally Pierce's school in Litchfield.
MS. owned by Mr. Julius Gay of Farmingtcn, Conn. Published
in "Chronicles of a Pioneer School," by Mrs. Emily Noyes Van-
derpoel.
Craft, Benjamin, of Chebacco, now Essex, s. of Benjamin and
Abigail (Harris) Craft, b. in Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 13, 1706; m. Mary
Choate of Ipswich, Dec. 2, 1728 ; d. at Louisburg, in the Spring of
1746.
Diary : Apr. 24 - Nov. 5, 1745. From May 26 to July 4 is lost. A
journal of the Siege of Louisburg. A good account of the daily life
in camp ; especially of the illnesses of the men. Many mentioned by
name. Rather short daily entries.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, presented by his granddaughter,
Mrs. Martha Lee of Manchester, Mass. Published in Essex Inst.
Hist. Coll., Oct. 1864, pp. 180 to 194. Also in full in "Crafts Fam-
ily," by W. P. Upham.
Craft, Benjamin, of Manchester, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Mary
(Choate) Craft, b. probably in Ipswich, Aug. 20, 1738 ; m. Dec. 18,
1760, Anna Lee of Manchester ; d. Feb. 27, 1823.
Diary: June 15, 1775 -Nov. 15, 1775. A journal of the Siege of
Boston. Rather short daily entries. Camp news, court-martials,
sermons, musters, visits of friends, &c. "He was a man of observant
mind careful in his statements and painstaking in giving many things
of value." Kept at Cambridge and Winter Hill. He was second
lieutenant in Capt. Benj. Kimball's Co., 19th regiment.
MS. owned by Capt. Jacob F. Perry of Danversport. Published
in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., Ill, p. 51 with notes by S. P. Fowler. Also
in appendix to "Crafts Family."
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Craft, Eleazer, of Manchester, Mass., s. of Benj. and Mary
(Choate) Craft, b. in Ipswich, July 31, 1743 ; m. Jan. 6, 1767, Mrs.
Elizabeth (Allen) Samples ; d. at Manchester, Sept. 20, 1793.
Diary: Sept. 9, 1777 -Dec. 2, 1777. A journal of Burgoyne's sur-
render. Short entries of a march from Manchester thro' Cambridge,
North Hampton, Bennington, to the Hudson River where they
camped. Then back through Albany, Tarrytown, White Plains, to
Worthington where the journal ends.
MS. owned by Mrs. A. H. Trask of Manchester. Published in
Essex Inst. Coll., Oct. 1864, p. 194. Also in appendix to "Crafts
Family," by W. B. Upham.
Crafts, John, of Hatfield, Mass., s. of Thomas and Abigail (Dick-
enson) Crafts, b. Nov. 8, 1684 in Hadley, Mass. ; m. May 17, 1716,
Martha Graves of Hatfield ; d. May 2, 1730.
Diary: Aug. 28, 1714, and ends twenty-nine days later. "Journal
of an expedition to Canada to effect the release of prisoners." Went
up the St. Lawrence to Montreal, up Sorel River and Lake Cham-
plain to Otter Creek, back by canoes to Hatfield.
MS. Unpublished.
Crane, Benjamin, of Berkeley, Mass., s. of Henry and Tabitha
(Kinsley) Crane of Milton, b. about 1656 ; d. Oct. 13, 1721, in
Dighton.
Diary: Jan. 16, 1710 -July 28, 1721. Surveyor's journal of the
larger part of what is now New Bedford, Dartmouth, Westport,
Fairhaven and Acushnet. Eleven books.
MS. owned by New Bedford Public Library. Published by them
in 1910.
Cresson, Caleb, of Philadelphia, Pa., s. of James and Sarah
(Emlen) Cresson, b. Aug. 8, 1742 ; m. (1) Sarah Hopkins, 1767, (2)
Annabella Elliott, Apr. 16, 1772, (3) Mrs. Jane (Cox) Evans, July 2,
1795 ; d. Oct. 21, 1816.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1791 -Dec. 31, 1792. Part of the journal is of a
visit to New England. He goes through Burlington and Elizabeth
to New York, where he sails for Newport. Visits Nantucket and
Boston, where "he searches after places hallowed by the blood of
the martyrs in the days of Puritan persecution."
"It is full of local sketches which fascinate and detain the eye on
every page." Review in Mag. of Am. Hist., Ill, p. 267.
MS. published privately in Philadelphia, 1877, by Ezra Townsend
Cresson and Charles Caleb Cresson.
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71
Crosby, Samuel, Dr., of Charlestown, N. H., s. of Samuel and
Azubah (Howe) Crosby of Shewsbury, Mass., b. Sept. 12, 1756; m.
Dec. 19, 1789, Ruth Terry ; d. Aug. 27, 1798.
Diary : 1797 (date of extracts). He was a minister and apothe-
cary, also school teacher.
MS. Extracts published in "Hist, of Charlestown," Saunderson,
p. 704.
Cross, Ralph, Capt., of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Ralph and
Sarah (Johnson) Cross, b. in Newburyport, Jan. 5, 1738 ; m. Miriam
Atkinson, Sept. 21, 1757; d. Sept. 4, 1811.
Diary : Aug. 29 - Dec. 5, 1777. Records of the battles of Bemis
Heights, Saratoga and the surrender of Burgoyne.
MS. published in Historical Magazine, Jan. 1870.
Cross, Stephen, of Newburyport, Mass,, s. of Ralph and Sarah
(Johnson) Cross, b. 1731; m. Hannah Beck, Nov. 20, 1759; d. Mar.
30, 1809, aged 78.
Diary : May 1756 - Jan. 22, 1757. Commenced on the shores of
Lake Ontario where he was building vessels — afterwards he was
sent to Quebec and from there to France where he was in prison.
He gives graphic pictures of his life.
- MS. Extracts published in "History of Newburyport," by Mrs. E.
Vale Smith.
Crosswell, William, of Boston, s. of Rev. Andrew and Rebecca
(Holmes) Crosswell, b. about 1760 ; unmarried ; d. July 7, 1834.
Diary: Aug. 12,1795-1833. Largely school notes, purchase of
books, clothes, payment of bills, &c. Kept in small homemade
blank books.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Curtis, James, of New Meadows, Me., grandson of John and Jane
Curtis, b. in Alfred ; m. Dec. 24, 1795.
Diary : Dec. 29, 1793 - May 26, 1820, with some later entries. It
consists of occasional entries of personal matters.
MS. owned by Me. Hist. Soc.
Curtis, Philip, Rev., of Sharon, Mass. (formerly Stoughtonham),
s. of Samuel and Hannah (Gore) Curtis of Roxbury, b. Oct. 4, 1717 ;
m. (1) Elizabeth Bass of Dorchester, Sept. 6, 1744, (2) Eliza Randall
of Sharon, Oct. 31, 1754; d. Nov. 22, 1797.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary : Jan. 17, 1742 - Mar. 11, 1823. A minister's private record
of baptisms, marriages and funerals and additions to the church.
MS. owned by Mr. Charles S. Curtis, Sharon. Published in Pub-
lications of the Sharon Hist. Soc, No. 5, April, 1908.
Curwen, Samuel, of Salem, Mass., s. of Rev. George and Mehitable
(Parkman) Curwen, b. in Salem, Dec. 28, 1715 ; m. May 24, 1750,
Abigail Russell of Charlestown ; d. Apr. 9, 1802.
Diary: (1) Mar. 24 -July 25, 1745. Of an expedition to Louis-
bourg.
Diary: (2) 1751 and 1757. Interleaved almanacs. Only a few
entries.
Diary: (3) May 26 - June 29, 1755. "A memorandum relating to
the House I am about to build." Includes contracts made, a daily
record of progress of the work including wages paid.
Diary: (4) June 12, 1759 - Feb. 26, 1760. Atrip to Philadelphia
on horseback, incidents of the journey, places where he stopped, &c.
Diary: (5) Aug. 3 - Aug. 7, 1762. A trip to Dunstable to look up
lands in which he and Mr. Brown who accompanied him, had an
interest.
Diary: (6) Apr. 24, 1775 -Apr. 1, 1794. Begins in Philadelphia.
In June he sailed for England where he meets Gov. Hutchinson and
many other Americans. Dines often at the New England Club in
London. "The journal of an American so strong in his adherence
to the British Government as to become a voluntary exile covering
the whole period of the war."
MSS. (2) (3) (4) (5) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (6) by Essex
Institute. (1) and (6) published in New York and Boston, 1842.
Also in 1864 by Little, Brown & Co. (3) in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll.,
Jan. 1916.
Cushing, Charles, Capt., of Pownalborough, Vt., s. of John and
Mary (Cotton) Cushing, b. Aug. 13, 1734 in Scituate, Mass. ; m. Aug.
25, 1768, Elizabeth Sumner ; d. Nov. 7, 1810 in Boston.
Diary: June 18- Sept. 26, 1776. Of the retreat from Canada under
Gen. Sullivan, from St. Johns by way of Ticonderoga. Gives war
news from other places.
MS. the Force Copy in Library of Congress from original owned
in 1845 by Mr. Cushing of Lancaster, Mass. Unpublished.
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73
Cushing, Daniel, of Hingham, Mass., s. of Matthew and Naz-
areth (Pitcher) Cushing, b. in Hingham, England, Apr. 20, 1619 ; m.
(1) Jan. 19, 1645, Lydia Gilman, (2) Mar. 23, 1690/1, Mrs. Elizabeth
(Jacob) Thaxter ; d. Dec. 3, 1700.
Diary: 1682 - 1694. "The Booke" appears to be an account of
sales of goods kept in the form of a diary in which the year, month,
day of the month and name of the day are entered. In the blank
space between the name of day and the amount of sales carried out,
there are various other memoranda ; also Daniel Cushing's list of
early settlers in Hingham.
MS. owned by Mrs. Francis H. Lincoln of Hingham. Unpub-
lished.
, Cushing, Jacob, Rev., of Shrewsbury and Waltham, Mass., s. of
Job and Mary (Prentice) Cushing, b. in Shrewsbury, Feb. 17, 1730 ;
m. Nov. 8, 1753, Anna Williams of Waltham ; d. Jan. 18, 1809.
Diary: (1) 1749, 1752, 1756, 1762, 1764, 1767, 1770, 1772, 1779,
1781-2, 1784-6, 1788, 1791-4, 1796-7, 1799, 1800-04, 1807-09; (2)
1787. Interleaved almanacs. Weather, personal items, ordinations,
burials, marriages, &c.
MSS. (1) owned by Library of Congress, (2) by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Unpublished.
Cushing, John, Rev., of Boxford, Mass., s. of Rev. Caleb and
Elizabeth (Cotton) (Allier) Cushing of Salisbury, b. in Salisbury,
Apr. 10, 1709 ; m. Elizabeth Martyn of Boston, Apr. 8, 1740 ; d. July
25, 1772.
Diary: Jan. 3 - Dec. 7, 1746 and 1767. Interleaved almanacs; 1746
is numbered No. 13. Short entries of personal and town matters.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. The year 1746 published in
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1865.
Cushing, John, of Freeport, Me., s. of John and Elizabeth (Martin)
Cushing of Scituate and Boxford, Mass., b. May 1, 1741 ; m. Dorothy
Bagley of Amesbury, Dec. 1, 1763 ; d. Dec. 26, 1812.
Diary: May 1787 -Sept. 1811. Varied record of life as civil en-
gineer, deacon and member of the General Court at Boston. Nu-
merous references to Bowdoin College and trips to ordination of
ministers in the adjoining towns. Records of farm work and coast-
ing trade. Operated several vessels.
MS. owned by Mrs. James E. Cushing, Freeport, Maine. Car-
bon copies by Me. Hist. Soc. and Mr. E. L. Wingren, Portland, Me.
Unpublished.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Cushing, Thomas, Jr., of Boston, Mass., s. of Hon. Thomas and
Deborah (Thaxter) Cushing, b. in Boston, Jan. 30, 1693 ; m. Mary
Bromfield, June 4, 1724; d. Apr. 11, 1746.
Diary: Mar. 26, 1739 - Mar. 29, 1742. "His waste book." A large
leather bound volume, largely an account book, of various kinds of
merchandize sold, lading of ships, adventures, notes, &c, a kind of
day book.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library, given by Mr. D. D. Gilbert.
Unpublished.
Cushing, William, Chief Justice, of Scituate, Mass., s. of John
and Mary (Cotton) Cushing, b. Mar. 1, 1732 ; m. Oct. 11, 1774,
Hannah Phillips of Middleton; d. Sept. 13, 1810.
Diary: (1) 1776. Interleaved almanac. "Items of historic interest
interspersed by farm notes." Local affairs.
Diary: (2) 1781. Note book of the trials before the Supreme
Judicial Court of Massachusetts held in the County of Worcester.
MSS. (1) Copy owned by Chas. Otis Ellnes, (2) in 1874 by Mr.
Wm. Cushing Paine. Extracts (1) published in "Old Scituate," p. 41,
(2) Extracts in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Apr. 1874, p. 292.
Cushman, Thomas, of Bridgewater, Mass., s. of Thomas and Alice
(Haywood) Cushman, b. June 25, 1736 ; m. Bethia Thomson, June 25,
1794, d. Oct. 13, 1820.
Diary: (1) Aug. 1 - Nov. 1, 1761. At Ticonderoga.
Diary: (2) Apr. 19 -Sept. 22, 1766. A whaling expedition from
Nantucket.'
Diary : (3) May 12 - Dec. 18, 1775. At Roxbury where he was
sergeant in Capt. Washburn's Co. Also contains some company
and relief lists and a few miscellaneous memoranda of various dates
to June 1, 1796. A pocket volume with parchment covers.
MSS. owned by Mr. Artemas Ward, 50 Union Sq., N. Y. Unpub-
lished.
Cutler, Ephraim, Hon., of Marietta, Ohio, s. of Manasseh and
Mary (Balch) Cutler, b. at Edgartown, Mass., Apr, 13, 1767 ; m. (1)
Apr. 8, 1787, Leah At wood of Killingly, Conn., (2) Apr. 13, 1808,
Sally Parker of Newburyport ; d. July 8, 1853 at Warren, Ohio.
Diary: June 15 -Sept. 18, 1795. "He kept a journal of his hard-
ships, sufferings and toils in the wilderness work." He went to
Marietta in 1795 with Col. Israel Putnam, Israel Putnam, Jr. and
Phinehas Matthews.
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75
MS. Extracts published in "Funeral Discourse," by Prof. E. A.
Andrews of Marietta College, Marietta, 1854.
Cutler, Manasseh, Rev., of Dedham, Ipswich Hamlet (Hamilton),
Mass. and Marietta, Ohio, s. of Hezekiah and Susanna (Clark) Cutler,
b. at Killingly, Conn., May 13, 1742 ; m. Sept. 7, 1766, Mary Balch
of Dedham ; d. at Hamilton, July 28, 1823.
Diary: (1) 1785 - 1819. Of personal and public affairs ; the fashions
of the day, dinner and social events, taverns, &c. He also gives an
account of the Ohio Purchase and of the men who were in Congress
with him. Full of readable historical matter.
Diary : (2) July 19 - Oct. 27, 1784. Trip to the White Hills and to
New York with a description of American animals.
Diary : (3) June 24 - July 12, 1787. To New York and Philadelphia.
Diary: (4) July 13 - Aug. 4, 1787. Journey on horseback, 885 miles.
An account of his work for the ordinance of 1787.
Diary : (5) July 21 - Oct. 11, 1788. To Ohio and Muskingum in a
sulky from Ipswich.
Diary : (6) 1773 - 1783. Names of the families in Ipswich, baptisms,
deaths, with the diseases of which they died.
Diary: (7) Sept. 1778. Medical note book with record of patients
treated, symptoms, &c.
MSS. owned by Mr. Charles Dawes, Chicago, 111. Extracts pub-
lished in "Life of Rev. Manesseh Cutler," Cutler, 1888. Also in "Our
I - French Allies," Stone.
Cutler, Samuel, of Newburyport, Mass., s. of David and Lydia
(Belknap) Cutler of Boston, b. Oct. 5, 1752 ; m. Jan. 8, 1794, Lydia
Prout ; d. June 28, 1832.
Diary: Nov. 15, 1776 -Dec. 1, 1777, with later entries. "Kept by
Mr. Cutler while on board the Dalton and a prisoner on the vessels
of Great Britain, and at Mill Prison, Plymouth, England."
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Society. Published in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., vol. 32. Also in "Hist, of American Privateers," by E. S.-
Maclay, Boston, p. 152.
Cutler, Samuel, Dr., of Rockingham, Vt., s. of John and Abigail
(Stone) Cutler, b. at Brookfield, Mass., Mar. 7, 1744; m. Jeanette
Cauldwell of Hartford ; d. at Bellows Falls, Oct. 30, 1821.
Diary : mentioned in "Gen. of the Cutlers," Morse, 1867, p. 57.
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Cutter, Ammi Ruhamah, Jr., Dr., of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of
Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Cutter of North Yarmouth, Me., b. Mar. 15,
1735; m. Hannah Treadwell, Nov. 2, 1754; d. Dec. 8, 1820.
Diary: 1754/8, Jan. 8, 1754 -Sept. 19, 1754, June 9, 1756 -Aug. 2,
1757, Apr. 3, 1758- June 18, 1758 (dates of extracts). At Fort Ed-
ward. Short daily entries. Account of the siege of Louisburg.
MS. owned by Ralph C. Cutter, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1871. Ex-
tracts published in "Cutter Genealogy," Boston, 1871.
Cutter, Dothee Stone, Mrs., of Watertown, Conn., dau. of
Stephen and Rebecca (Bishop) Stone of Litchfield, b. Dec. 25,1756;
m. Dec. 16, 1784, Younglove Cutter ; d. before 1805.
Diary: Jan. 20 -Sept. 26, 1782 (dates of extracts). Copied into
the diary of her son G. Y. Cutter.
Cutting, Nathaniel, of Newburyport, Mass., s, of and Meriel
(Browne) Cutting of Brookline, d. at Washington about 1822.
Diary: (1) July 1, 1786- Jan. 1, 1793. A book consisting of loose
leaves of journals bound together. Much of it is kept in France and
England, until 1789 when he goes to San Domingo, where he was in
the slave trade. It includes a trip to Boston and vicinity from Sept.
3, 1792 to Jan. 1, 1793 in which he gives many descriptions of places
and social functions which he attends.
Diary: (2) Mar. 12, 1790 -July 26, 1792. Journals of his life in
San Domingo ; much about the slave trade.
Diary: (3) Jan. 1, 1793 -Nov. 12, 1793. Journeys from Boston to
New York, to Philadelphia and to Algeria where he goes on a mis-
sion to the Dey.
MSS. All owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc. as are also two volumes
of letters from Jan. 1, 1789 to Sept. 27, 1789, giving daily accounts of
the French Revolution and from June 8, 1793 to July 12, 1798.
Extracts (1) published in Mass. Kist. Soc. Pro., 12, p. 60 and Hist.
Mag., Sept. 1860.
Daggett, John, Col., of Attleborough, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
Mary (Blackinton) Daggett, b. Sept. 2, 1724 ; m. (1) Nov. 19, 1751,
Mercy Shepard of Wrentham, (2) Aug. 5, 1784, Mrs. Mary (Brintnall)
Tucker ; d. about 1813.
Diary: Sept. 30, 1777 - Oct. 29, 1777. "A journal of my intended
march from Wrentham to Seconet by God's Permition."
MS. owned by Old Colony Hist. Soc, Taunton, Mass. Published
in John Daggett Coll., vol. 2, p. 81.
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77
Damon, Jude, Rev., of Truro, Mass., s. of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Snow) Damon, b. in East Sudbury, Oct. 4, 1751 ; m. Mary Lewis of
Truro, Feb. 23, 1792; d. Nov. 19, 1828.
Diary: Nov. 21, 1782 -Oct. 22, 1828. "A register of deaths, mar-
riages and some few notes which is a valuable record."
MS. owned by the family of Rev. Osborne Myrick in 1882 and
loaned or given by them to Shebnah Rich. Published by Salem
Press. Also extracts in "Truro, Cape Cod," &c, by Shebnah Rich.
Also in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., vols. 1 and 2.
Dana, Francis, Judge, of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Richard and
Lydia (Trowbridge) Dana, b. June 13, 1743, in Charlestown ; m. Aug.
5, 1773, Elizabeth Ellery of Newport; d. Apr. 25, 1811.
Diary: (1) 1781, (2) July -Aug. 1781, (3) Jan. - May 17, 1783. All
are diaries of trips in Europe ; in Spain, Russia and Holland.
MSS. owned by Richard H. Dana, Esq., Cambridge. Unpublished.
Danckaerts, Jasper, of Flushing, Zeeland, s. of Pieter and Jann-
eke (Schelders) Danckaerts, b. in Flushing, Zeeland, May 7, 1639 ;
m. Susanna Spykenhof of Middleburg ; d. at Middleburg between
1702 and 1704.
Diary: June 19 -Oct. 1, 1680. This is the part of the diary relat-
ing to New England. Most of the Journal is kept in New York and
Delaware. Danckaerts came to this country with Peter Sluyter.
"They were religious zealots and their observations reflect many of
the religious conditions, interpreted as they conceive them ; but they
have preserved also much that has great value relative to the topo-
graphy, government, social and economic conditions and the Indians
and white persons they met during their journeyings." — Am. Hist.
Rev.
MS. owned by Long Island Hist. Soc. Published in Brooklyn,
1867, edited by H. C. Murphy. In "Original Narratives of Early
American Hist.," New York, 1913.
Danforth, Joshua, Col., Officer in the Revolution, of Western
(now Warren), Mass., s. of Jonathan and Lydia (Reed) Danforth, b.
Nov. 26, 1759, at Warren ; m. Jan. 15, 1786, Salome Noble of Wil-
liamstown, Mass. ; d. at Pittsfield, Jan. 30, 1837.
Diary : (1) June 22, 1780 - Mar. 31, 1781. Kept in garrison at West
Point.
Diary: (2) Apr. 19, 1775 - July 16, 1779. A summary of events
in the war.
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MSS. (1) and (2) owned by Mrs. E. B. Field, 1532 Spruce Place,
Minneapolis, Minn. Extracts published from (2) in American Month-
ly Magazine, vol. 1, No. 6, p. 619.
Danforth, Samuel, Rev., of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Nicholas and
Elizabeth Danforth of Cambridge, b. in Framlingham, Suffolk Co.,
England, Sept. 1626 ; m. Mary Wilson, Nov. 5, 1651 ; d. Nov. 19, 1674,
Diary : Aug 25, 1649 - Sept. 24, 1674. These are the records of
the First Church in Roxbury, a continuation of those of John Eliot,
including many local matters, besides those connected with the
Church, storms, comets, fires, deaths, &c.
MS. owned by First Church, Roxbury. Published in report of
Boston Record Commissioners, vol. VI, p. 191. Published in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan., Apr., July, and Oct., 1880.
Danforth, Samuel, of Taunton, Mass., s. of Rev. Samuel and
Mary (Wilson) Danforth, b. Dec. 10, 1666 ; m. Oct. 4, 1688, Hannah
Allen ; d. Nov. 14, 1727.
Diary: 1686. An interleaved almanac.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July 1853.
Darling, Jonathan, Jr., of Bluehill, Maine, s. of Jonathan and
Sarah (Wardwell) Darling, b. in Danvers, Mass., July 14, 1741 ; m.
Hannah Holt of Andover, Sept. 15, 1763.
Diary : July 2, 1757- Oct. 6, 1772 (date of extracts). A journal of
the Louisburg campaign, and home life in Andover, Mass. and Blue-
hill where he afterwards lived.
MS. an abstract published in Bangor Hist. Mag., II, p. 76, edited by
R. G. W. Dodge of Bluehill.
Davis, John, Judge, of Plymouth and Boston, s. of Thomas and
Mary (Hedge) Davis, b. Jan. 25, 1761 ; m. June, 1786, Ellen Watson ;
d. Jan. 14, 1847.
Diary: 1780. Journal of a voyage to take observations on a solar
eclipse at Long Island in Penobscot Bay.
MS. cited in "Mem. of Judge Davis," Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d.
•Ser., vol. 10.
Davis, Joshua, of Newbury, Mass., son of Benj. and Sarah (Moody)
Davis, b. Jan. 31, 1754; d. Nov. 21, 1815.
Diary : 1780. Kept when he was sergeant in Capt. Richard Tit-
comb's Co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's Reg., while they were stationed
at West Point. Describes the escape of Benedict Arnold.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Newbury," Currier, p. 616.
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Davis, Moses, of Folly Island, Me.
Diary: 1773-1792 (dates of extracts). The diary of the carpen-
ter who built the Marie Antoinette house in Edgecomb. Personal
and local matters.
MS. cited in Me. Hist. Soc. Colls., 2d. Ser., V, pp. 286-288.
Davis, Samuel, of Plymouth, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mercy
(Hedge) Davis, b. in Plymouth, Mar. 5, 1765 ; unmarried ; d. July
10, 1829.
Diary: Aug. 27 -Sept. 28, 1789. A journey on horseback from
Plymouth to Fairfield, Conn, and thence by water to New York.
"The writer was an accurate and tasteful observer and his accounts
both of things and people have a singular freshness and interest.
The diary has also some original drawings of objects which attract-
ed his special attention." He gives good descripiions of the towns
through which he passes.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Society. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro., XI, p. 9.
Deane, Samuel, Rev., of Portland, Maine, s. of Samuel and Ra-
chel (Dwight) Deane, b. in Dedham, Mass., July 10, 1733 ; m. Eunice
Pearson, 1766; d. Nov. 12, 1814.
Diary : Feb. 1, 1761 - Oct. 18, 1814. Interleaved almanacs. "It re-
lates principally to his domestic affairs and is meagre in particulars
of public interest; it was kept in interleaved almanacs; 1130 deaths
recorded ; 512 marriages which he attended ; others are mentioned.
He is at Harvard College in 1764.
MS. owned by Portland Public Library, given by Dr. Wm. Willis.
Published in Portland, 1849, edited by Wm. Willis.
Dearborn, Henry, Gen., of Nottingham, N. H., s. of Simon and
Sarah (Marston) Dearborn, b. Feb. 23, 1751 at Hampton, N. H. ;
m. (1) Sept. 22, 1771, Mary Bartlett, (2) Mar. 28, 1780, Dorcas (Os-
good) Marble, (3) Nov. 1813, Sarah (Bowdoin) Bowdoin; d. at Rox-
bury, June 6, 1829.
Diary: (1) Sept. 10, 1775 - July 16, 1776, (2) July 25, 1776 - Dec. 4,
1777, (3) Dec. 5, 1777 - June 16, 1779, (4) Jan. 13 - Feb. 4, 1778, (5)
Oct. 28, 1779 - Dec. 10, 1781, (6) June 20 - Dec. 13, 1782. "A journal
... of the Proceedings and Particular Occurences which happened
within my knowledge to the troops under the command of Col. Bene-
dict Arnold in the year 1775 which troops were detached from the
American army lying before the Town of Boston for the purpose of
marching to and taking possession of Quebec." The other journals
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are kept at Newburgh, Saratoga, at the Siege of Yorktown and at
Valley Forge.
MSS. (1) (2) (3) and (6) owned by Boston Public Library, (5) by
New York Public Library. Published in "Journals of Henry Dearborn;
1776 - 1783," Cambridge, 1887. Parts of the journals in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., Apr. 1886, p. 275. In Cook's "Military Expedition under
Gen. Sullivan," Mass. Hist. Soc, Nov. 1886; and Cayuga Hist. Coll.,
No. I, 1879.
Deming, Sarah, Mrs., of Boston, Mass., dau. of John and Sarah
(Pierce) Winslow, b. Aug. 2, 1722 ; m. (1) John West, (2) John Dem-
ing, Feb. 27, 1752 ; d. Mar. 10, 1788.
Diary: Apr. 15, 1775 - Apr. 26, 1775. A description of her adven-
tures on the road from Boston to Providence written for her niece
Sally Coverly, in the form of a letter.
MS. owned by Mr. James P. Trott, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Pub-
lished in American Monthly Magazine, vols. IV and V.
Dennis, Joseph, of Portsmouth, R. I., s. of Joseph and Mary (Cog-
geshall) Dennis, b. May 31, 1759 ; d. Nov. 8, 1807.
Diary: May 31, 1778 -Aug. 9, 1778. "We are brought in to fam-
iliar knowledge of the everyday life of a youth of Quaker associa-
tions during this trying time described in a naive and simple manner
and this is its principal value."
MS. owned by Joseph Dennis, Esq. of Portsmouth, in 1880. Pub-
lished in part in Newport Hist. Mag., II, p. 46.
Deux-Ponts, Count Guillaume de Forbach, of France, s. of
Baron Christian Zweibruck (or Deux-Ponts) and — — Fontenoy, b.
June 18, 1754 at Deux-Ponts ; m. Jan. 1780, a Polignac or a Polas-
tron.
Diary: Mar. 31, 1780 - Nov. 20, 1781. A French diary of the Rev-
olution. He spent part of the time he was in America in New
England near or in Newport. Rather long descriptions of the events
of the times.
MS. published in Boston, 1868, edited by Dr. S. A. Green, given in
both French and English.
Devens, Richard, Hon., of Charlestown, Mass., s. of Philip and
Abiel ( ) Devens, b. Sept. 24, 1721 ; m. (1) Oct. 9, 1745, Mary
Townsend, (2) Apr. 14, 1782, Elizabeth Harris ; d. Sept. 20, 1807.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
81
Diary: Jan. 30, 1788 -Dec. 31, 1801. (These are the dates of ex-
tracts of deaths in the Charlestown Records. Boston Registrar's
Office). Kept in interleaved almanacs — deaths, wrecks, accidents,
fires, lists of people joining the church, houses and barns raised.
Hundreds of people mentioned.
MS. 1798, 1800, lSOl and 1802 published by the Mass. Hist. Soc,
given by Thos. Goddard Frothingham.
Dewey, John, of Westfield, Mass. and Leyden, N. Y., s. of Aaron
and Sarah (Noble) Dewey, b. Jan. 20, 1754, at Westfield ; m. Sept. 16,
1780, Achsah Clapp at Northampton ; d. Dec. 31, 1821, at Leyden,
N. Y.
Diary: Apr. 4, 1776 -Feb. 20. 1777. He was a private in the
3d Mass. Short entries of his march from Roxbury to New York,
to Bethlehem and Trenton. Describes briefly the battle of Trenton.
Marched on to Princeton and was present in the battle there.
MS. published in "Dewey Genealogy," 1898, p. 278.
I Dewey, Russell, of Westfield, Mass., s. of Moses and Sarah
(Dewey) Dewey, b. Aug. 7, 1754, at Westfield ; m. in Springfield,
Sophia Chapin, Aug. 5, 1781 ; d. Feb. 18, 1827.
Diary : Jan. 30, 1776 - Mar. 8, 1776. A journal of the Revolution ;
describes his march to Saratoga, Crown Point, Montreal, Quebec ;
also attacks on Quebec. An interesting diary of the events in a
soldier's life.
MS. owned by Westfield Atheneum, Westfield, Mass. Published
in part in "Dewey Genealogy," p. 266.
Dexter, Samuel, Rev., of Dedham,' Mass., s. of John and Winifred
Dexter of Maiden, Mass., b. Oct. 23, 1700; m. July 9, 1724, Cath-
arine Mears ; d. Jan. 29, 1755.
Diary: July 6, 1720 -Dec. 5, 1752. Record of his own doings and
those of his friends and relatives. Also mention of public events.
Some of the entries are very long. Kept quite regularly with only
one or two entries a month until October 12, 1743. After that date
only two entries.
MS. owned by Dedham Hist. Soc. Extracts published in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1859 and in 1860.
Dibble, Ebenezer, of Cornwall, Conn., b. at Stratford ; d. 1784.
Diary: (1) May 27 -Dec. 1, 1759, (2) May 27 -Nov. 10, 1762.
Both diaries were kept when he was at Crown Point, Fort Edward,
Ticonderoga and are of his life and work in the army. He was
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ensign in the 10th Co., 3d Reg. Conn. Troops in 1759 and in the
4th Co., Col. Nathan Whiting's Reg. in 1762
MSS. both owned by Cornwall Library Asso., Cornwall. Pub-
lished in Pro. of Soc. of Col. Wars, New Haven, vol. 1, pp. 311-329.
Dickinson, Rebecca, Miss, of Hatfield, Mass., dau. of Moses and
Anna (Smith) Dickinson, b. July 25, 1738 ; unmarried.
Diary: July 22, 1787 -Aug. 8, 1802. Quaint picture of a single
woman's life and regrets. Mentions the little affairs of herself and
her neighbors — illnesses, deaths, visits, receptions, &c. Is very
frank in expressing her opinions of people and things.
MS. owned by Miss Mary A. B. Dickinson of Hatfield. Extracts
published in "Hist, of Hatfield," by D. W. Wells, Springfield, 1910.
Dickinson, Timothy, Rev., of Holliston, Mass., s. of Nathan and
Esther (Fowler) Dickinson, b. in Amherst, June 25, 1761 ; m. Mar-
garett Prentiss, Nov. 26, 1789 ; d. July 6, 1813.
Diary : (1) 1787 - 1812, some of the years being incomplete. Local
and general news with many comments and opinions on men and
affairs. Entries of good length. He mentions all the towns in the
vicinity of Holliston, and often goes to Boston, Cambridge and Mar-
blehead.
Diary: (2) A few entries covering many years. Twelve small
pages — of special events in his life — revolutionary service, &c.
MSS. (1) owned by Miss Grace I. Dickinson of Worcester, Mass.
(2) By Congregational Library, Boston, Mass. Extracts (1) pub-
lished in Proceedings of Worcester Society of Antiquity, 1883, p. 63.
Digby, William, Lieut., of England.
Diary: Apr. 1776 - Oct. 15, 1777. He was of the 53d or Shrop-
shire Reg., and was with Gen. Burgoyne. Describes the battle of
Hubbardton, Vt.
MS. owned by British Museum. Published in Albany in 1887 in
"The British Invasion from the North."
Dodge, Ezekiel, Rev., of Abington, Mass., s. of Jabez and Mar-
garet (Knowlton) Dodge, b. in Manchester, Apr. 21, 1723 ; m. Mary
Goddard of Sutton, Sept. 27, 1750 ; d. June 5, 1770.
Diary : 1750 - 1770. "He kept an interesting journal during the
whole period of his ministry. Only a small part of it has been pre-
served."
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Dodge, James.
Diary: 1794=. He was surgeon of the ship "Washington."
MS. An extract published in "Mem. of Major Sam'l Shaw,"
Quincy, p. 124, is a description of the death of Major Shaw.
Dodge, Nathaniel Brown, of Winchester, N. H., s. of Elijah and
Dorcas (Brown) Dodge, b. in Dudley, Mass., Mar. 1740; m. (1) 1761,
Lydia Barber, (2) Nov. 30, 1772, Hannah Robbins, (3) Feb. 15, 1780,
Tabitha (Brown) Newhall; d. at Barre, Vt., Aug. 20, 1823.
Diary : Mar. 23 - Dec. 7, 1776. A diary kept in Capt. Alexander's
Company in the expedition from Ticonderoga to Quebec. "As an
anthority for dates of movement, it is of the first order, but as he
was only a private his range of view was limited quite closely to
what concerned himself and his near comrades."
MS. owned by Miss Ellen A. Staples, Lyndon, Vt. Copy by Miss
Caroline I. Dodge, Cohoes, N. Y. Unpublished.
, Dolbeare, Benjamin, of Boston, Mass., s. of John and Sarah
(Comer) Dolbeare, b. July 23, 1711 ; m. June 18, 1741, Hannah
Vincent ; d. Jan. 26, 1787.
Diary: (1) Oct. 4 -Oct. 18, 1739. A trip in England, long descrip-
tions of his experiences in taking the baths in Bath, &c.
Diary: (2) May 27 -Aug, 1, 1777. Of atrip from Port Royal in
Jamaica to Cape Ann.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by Mrs. Katharine B.
Harris. Unpublished.
Dolbeare, John, of Dorchester, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Hannah
(Vincent) Dolbeare, b. in Dorchester, June 15, 1752 ; m. Dec. 24,
1787, Zebia Robinson ; d. Oct. 13, 1830.
Diary: Nov. 1, 1789 - Dec. 26, 1809. Short personal entries, farm-
ing notes, many records of deaths and events, some public and some
social affairs. On alternate pages part of it is kept in French.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by Mrs. Katharine B.
Harris, except the portion for Sept. 1, 1799 to July 30, 1801 which
is owned by Mr. Lemuel Robinson Mears of Abington, from which
-there are extracts in the Mass. Hist. Soc.
Doolittle, Benjamin, Rev., of Northfield, Mass., s. of John and
Mary (Peck) Doolittle, b. July 10, 1695 in Wallingford, Conn. ; m.
Oct. 14, 1717, Lydia Todd of New Haven; d. Jan. 9, 1748/9.
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Diary : July 5, 1745 - Aug. 2, 1748. A record of the leading events
of the old French and Indian war. "One of the most important and
valuable records of it (the war) so far as his (the author's) plan
extended that can be found of any similar period in our history."
Drake.
MS. published in "A Short Narrative of the Mischief done by the
French and Indian Enemy on the western frontiers of the Province
of Massachusetts Bay," Boston, 1750. Reprinted in "History of
Northfield," Temple and Sheldon.
Dorr, Moses, of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Amey ( )
Dorr, b. in Roxbury, May 24, 1737; m. Elinor Gerald of Roxbury,
Oct. 2, 1760.
Diary: May 25 -Oct. 29, 1758. "Including an account of the
Erection of Fort Stanwix." Expedition against Canada. He was
Ensign in Timothy Parker's Co. It commences at Roxbury and
ends at Schenectady, N. Y. December 31, he adds one more entry.
"The end of this year's campaign and not Canada Taken yet."
MS. A copy owned by Harvard College Library, in 1848, the orig-
inal was in possession of Lyman Watkins of Walpole, N. H. Unpub-
lished.
Douglas, William, Dr., of Boston, Mass., s. of George Douglas
of Scotland, d. in Boston, Oct. 21, 1752.
Diary: 1721. "My diary of the winds and weather at Boston
which I have kept faithfully for many years." This was written in
1727.
MS. cited in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., IV, pp. 166 and 172. Owned
in 1854 by descendants of Cadwallader Colden of N. Y.
Dow, Henry, Capt., of Hampton, N. H., s. of Henry and Joane
(Nudd) Dow, of Ormsby, Norfolk, England, bapt. at Ormsby, about
1634 ; m. (1) June 17, 1659, Hannah Page, (2) Nov. 10, 1704, Mary
(Hussey) Green ; d. May 6, 1707.
Diary : Mar. 1672 - May 1696. Contains among other matter a
brief calendar of daily events chiefly personal. "Now he is about his
farm work or launching a vessel or sawing at cedar swamp mill or
laboring at the public works ; now he is collecting a province rate ;
again we find him with the assembly at Great Island . . . Now
speeding to Haverhill, Newbury, Ipswich or Boston on some unknown
errand. Once more he is exercising his company in military tactics
and anon there comes an Indian alarm and we find him at the garri-
son or with the soldiers outside his own town."
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"The diary is written largely in a unique cypher, the entire key
to which has never been discovered."
MS. owned by Miss Maria H. Dow of Andover, Mass. Extracts
published in "History of Hampton, N. H.," by Joseph Dow, 1893.
Dow, Lorenzo, of Coventry, Conn., b, Oct. 16, 1777 in Coventry,
Conn.; m. Peggy Miller of Granville, Mass., Sept. 3, 1804; d. Feb.
2, 1834, in Georgetown, D. C.
Diary: June 12, 1794 -Apr. 12, 1816. "A history of his life to his
fortieth year." He was a Methodist circuit rider in Conn., Rhode
Island and Vermont.
MS. published by R. C. Valentine, N. Y., 1855.
Drew, Abigail, of Nantucket, Mass., dau. of George and Rebecca
(Coffin) Gardner, b. Jan. 10, 1777 ; m. Apr. 16, 1795, Gershom Drew,
Jr.; d. Feb. 11, 1868.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1800 -Mar. 5, 1809, with earlier undated entries.
It commences with an account of her courtship, many personal
matters, visits, funerals, with some religious meditations.
MS. owned by Dr. Edgar A. Fisher, Worcester, Mass.
Drowne, Solomon, Dr., of Mt. Hygeia, North Foster, R. I., s. of
Solomon and Mercy (Tillinghast) (Arnold) Drowne, b. Mar. 11, 1753 ;
m. Nov. 20, 1777, Elizabeth Russell of Boston ; d. Feb. 5, 1834.
Diary : (1) May 1, 1765 - Jan. 25, 1773. Account of family events,
principally of the progress of his education.
Diary: (2) June 23 - June 25, 1767. Describes his visit to Hartford,
the State House, Liberty Tree, &c.
Diary: (3) Oct. 5, 1768. Six pages of a one day's trip on Narra-
gansett Bay.
Diary : (4) Jan. 1, 1771 - Apr. 29, 1774. Four volumes of from 12
to 40 pages. Journals of his daily life with events of the year.
Diary: (5) Sept. 10 -Oct. 12, 1772. A voyage from Providence to
N. Y. with an account of his having the small pox and other occur-
ences of his residence there.
Diary: (6) Sept. 19 - Oct. 7, 1773. A three week's tour with Rev.
Dr. Manning who preaches in various places in New England. De-
scribes his visit to his great uncle Shem Drowne in his ninetieth
year and blind in Boston.
Diary : (7) Jan. 11 - Aug. 29, 1785. Journal of a trip to England,
Holland, Belgium and France.
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Diary: (8) May 10 - June 9, 1792. A journey with his family from
Providence to Alexandria and to Belpre, O.
Diary : (9) June 1 - June 14, 1795 of a trip from Providence by
way of Philadelphia to Columbia. Visits Yorktown and Kansas.
MSS. all owned by Mr. Henry Russell Drowne of New York. (2)
printed in Newport Hist. Mag., I, p. 65.
Drowne, Solomon, of Providence, R. I., s. of Solomon and Esther
(Jones or Bosworth) Drowne of Bristol, R. I., b. Oct. 4, 1706 ; m. (1)
June 16, 1732, Sarah Tillinghast, (2) July 2, 1749, Mary Tillinghast
(Arnold) ; d. June 25, 1780.
Diary: June 27 -Dec. 29, 1745. Marriages performed by him as
Justice of the Peace apparently in Providence. Also receipts signed
by him as Town Treasurer for fines collected by him as Justice of
the Peace.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry Russell Drowne, 306 West 78th St., New
York. Unpublished.
Druilletes, Gabrielle, Father, of the Society of Jesus, of Sill-
ery, Canada, b. in France, in 1593 ; d. at Quebec, Apr. 8, 1681.
Diary: Sept. 1, 1648 - Apr. 24, 1649. "Journal of a journey from
Quebec to Kennebec, Boston and Plymouth. Relates to trade be-
tween New England and Canada. Also proposed attack on the
Iroquois."
"Narrative of a voyage made for the Abnaquiois Mission and in-
formation acquired of New England and dispositions of the Magis-
trates of that Republic against the Iroquois." Title.
MS. published in New York Hist. Soc. Coll., 2 Ser. 3, p. 309.
Drury, Lydia (Fuller) (Willard), of Natick, Mass., dau. per-
haps of Joseph and Lydia ( ) Fuller, b. Dec. 31, 1717, in New-
ton ; m. (1) Ephraim Willard, Aug. 7, 1737, (2) Joseph Drury, Jan.
10, 1744/5.
Diary: July 8, 1757- Aug. 1, 1803. Called "A death book"— a list
of deaths in Natick, Sudbury, Needham, and other towns. Com-
menced by Mrs. Drury and continued by her daughter, Mrs. Zeruiah
(Drury) Bacon after 1798.
MS. owned by Mr. Fisher Howe, Boston, Mass. Published in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1911, p. 356.
Dudley, Paul, of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Gov. Joseph Dudley and
, b. Sept. 3, 1675 ; m. Lucy Wentworth of Ipswich, Mass., 1703 ;
d. Jan. 21, 1751.
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87
Diary : 1740. An interleaved almanac. Short entries of weather,
deaths and public events.
MS. owned in 1881 by Dr. B. Joy Jeffries. Published in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1881.
Dummer, Jeremiah, of Newburyport and West Ham, England, s.
of Jeremiah and Ann (Atwater) Dummer, b. in Boston about 1680 ;
unmarried ; d. at Plaistow, England, May 19, 1739.
Diary: July 9, 1709 - Aug. 24, 1711. A narrow book bound in
green leather with gold tooling and a brass clasp with hand carving.
Entries usually nearly or quite a page long. The journal begins
in England, with reflections on his own state and that of the people
around him. Gives very little of the happenings in the vicinity and
when he does mention them, it is as a text to a sermon.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library, the gift of Miss Eliza
Susan Quincy of Boston. Unpublished.
Dunbar, Asa, Rev., of Weston, Mass., s. of Samuel and Melatiah
(Hay ward) Dunbar, b. June 16, 1745, in Bridgewater, Mass. ; m.
Mary Jones, Oct. 22, 1779 ; d. June 22, 1787, in Keene, N. H.
Diary : July 1, 1773 -June 1, 1776. Entries usually one line long
largely of his own movements. There are also in the book various
biographical and other writings.
Asa Dunbar was the grandfather of Henry Thoreau and Mr. San-
born calls this diary, "A faint forshadowing of his grandson's co-
pious journals." Mr. Russell writes they "show but the barest out-
line or skeleton of the life he led, the entries being comparatively
few, often widely separated and for the most part condensed to the
utmost."
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society ; presented by E.
Harlow Russell. Extracts published in Proceedings of American
Antiquarian Society, Apr. 1908.
Dunbar, Elijah, Hon., of Canton, Mass., s. of Rev. Samuel and
Hannah (Danf orth) Dunbar of Stoughton, b. Sept. 2, 1740 ; m. Dec.
29, 1762, Sarah Hunt ; d. Oct. 25, 1814.
Diary: 1764-1806 (dates of extracts). Personal and town matters.
Many vital statistics.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Canton," Huntoon, pp. 138,
151, 203, &c.
Dunbar, Samuel, Rev., of Canton, Mass., s. of John and Margaret
(Holmes) Dunbar of Boston, b. Oct. 2, 1704 ; m. (1) 1728, Hannah
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Danforth, (2) April 16, 1746/7, Mrs. Experience Woodward of Ded-
ham, (3) June 15, 1783, Mrs. Mercy Pierce of Dartmouth.
Diary : 1745 - 1762 (date of extracts). Relating to the French and
Indian wars, matters in the church, &c.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Canton," Huntoon.
Dunster, Isaiah, Rev., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Henry and
Martha (Russell) Dunster, b. Oct. 21, 1720 ; m. (1) May 26, 1750,
Hannah Dennis of Yarmouth, (2) Nov. 13, 1766, Mary Smith of Yar-
mouth ; d. Jan. 18, 1791.
Diary: Jan. 2 -Dec. 11, 1747. Interleaved almanac. Personal
matters, vital statistics. Many people mentioned from Eastham,
Dartmouth, Cambridge, &c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Unpublished.
Duncan, James, Jr., of Haverhill, Mass., s. of James and Elizabeth
(Bell) Duncan, b. at Haverhill, Apr. 22, 1756; m. Rebecca White,
Jan. 26,1790; d. Jan. 5, 1822.
Diary: 1789, 1790, 1792, 1794, 1803, 1804, 1809, 1810. Farming
incidents, travels, calls, weather, some civil engineering business,
with a few vital statistics.
MS. owned by Haverhill Public Library. Unpublished.
Dunlap, William, of New York City, s. of Samuel and —
( ) Dunlap, b. at Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 19, 1766 ; m. Eliza-
beth Woolsey of Fairfield, Conn., Feb. 10, 1789 ; d. in New York,
Sept. 28, 1839.
Diary: (1) Nov. 16 -Nov. 22, 1786, (2) and (3) July 27 -June 1,
1798, vols. 14 and 15, (4) June l^Dec. 15, 1798, vol. 16, (5) July 3-
Sept. 15,1806, (6) Oct. 15, 1819 -Apr. 14, 1820, vol.24, (7) Aug.
9 -Oct. 24, 1820, (8) Nov. 20, 1820 -Feb. 13, 1821, (9) Mar. 16, 1832-
June 25, 1833, (10) June 27, 1833 -Dec. 31, 1834, vol. 30. These
diaries describe his activities as a playwright, his merits as a painter
and author. Also contain items of personal and domestic interest,
accounts of trips to New England, Canada, &c. Prof. Woolsey has
also a volume of letters to his wife written in 1806 and notes in 1811
and 1812 on Cooke the Tragedian whom he managed.
MSS. (1) (4) (5) (7) (8) (9) owned by Prof. T. S. Woolsey, New
Haven, Conn., (2) (3) (6) (10) by the New York Hist. Society.
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Dunning, David, of Brunswick, Me., s. of Andrew and Susan
(Bond) Dunning, b. about 1706 ; m. Mary Todd in Boston, Dec. 5,
1735 ; d. Aug. 16, 1793.
Diary : May 30 - Sept. 10, 1748. Scouting and guarding Topsham.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, vol. 38A, p. 136. Unpublished.
Dunton, John, of Graffham, England, s. of Rev. John and Lydia
(Carter) Dunton, b. in Huntingdonshire, Eng., May 14, 1659 ; m. (1)
Elizabeth Annesley, Aug. 3, 1682, (2) Sarah Nicholas, 1697 ; d. 1733.
Diary : Aug. 7, 1685 for several weeks in which no dates are
given, also many letters from Oct. 25, 1683 - 1686. "A vivid and
rather a pleasant idea of New England manners ... is given in
the journal of John Dunton, a cockney bookseller, who visited Boston
and other towns of Massachusetts with a cargo of pious publications
suited to the Puritan markets." Nathaniel Hawthorne in "Dr. Bulli-
vant."
This is really a narrative, mentions many prominent people in
Boston. For the authenticity of this journal see article by Chester
N. Greenough in Pub. of Colonial Society of Mass., vol. 14, p. 213.
MS. owned by Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. Published in
London, 1705, "Life and Works of John Dunton." Extracts published
in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., II. 2, p. 197. Also in publications of Prince
Society, vol. IV, 1867.
Dwight, Henry Williams, of Stockbridge, Mass., s. of Joseph
and Abigail (Williams) Dwight, b. in Great Barrington, Sept. 15, 1757;
m. Abigail Welles, June 8, 1786; d. at Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 15,
1804.
Diary: July 23, 1776- Oct. 22, 1776. Kept when he was clerk to
General Fellows. He was stationed in New York, marched from
Great Barrington and joined the company at Sheffield.
MS. owned by Mr. R. Henry W. Dwight, Boston, Mass.
Dwight, Nathaniel, Capt., of Belchertown, Mass., s. of Nathaniel
and Mehitable (Partridge) Dwight, b. June 20, 1712 in Northampton ;
m. Jan. 2, 1735, Hannah Lyman of Northampton ; d. Mar. 30, 1784
in Belchertown, Mass.
Diary: Sept. 10 -Dec. 25, 1755. "Containing an account of the
Battle of Lake George and of the Crown Point Expedition, of his
journey to Lake George and his services while stationed there, the
, men of his Company, the building of Fort William Henry and its
Dimensions; to which has been added a new Plan of that fort."
! Title.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MS. owned by Mr. Nathaniel Dwight of Belchertown. Published
by Tobias A. Wright, N. Y., 1902. Also in N. Y. Gen. and Biog.
Rec. for 1902.
Dwight, Timothy, of Northampton, Mass., s. of Timothy and
Experience (King) Dwight, b. May 27, 1726 ; m. Mary Edwards,
Nov. 8, 1750; d. Feb. 28, 1807.
Diary : 1762 - 1768 (dates of extracts). Journal and account book,
some deaths, an account of a Thanksgiving gathering.
MS. Extracts published in Judd MSS., Forbes Library, North-
ampton.
Dyer, Eliphalet, Rev., of Windham, Conn., s. of Thomas and
Lydia (Backus) Dyer, b. Sept. 14, 1721 ; m. Mar. 9, 1745, Hulda
Bowen of Providence; d. May 13, 1807.
Diary : Aug. - Oct. 1763 and 1765. Journal of a voyage to Eng-
land, personal notes as delegate to Congress at New York in 1765.
MS. owned by Conn. State Library. Unpublished.
Eames, Henry, of Framingham, Mass., s. of John and Elizabeth
(Eames) Eames, b. Apr. 28, 1798; m. Nov. 7, 1722, Ruth Newton of
Marlborough ; d. May 16, 1761.
Diary: Dec. 17, 1756 - Feb. 10, 1757 (dates of extracts), which relate
to weather.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Framingham," Barry, p. 66.
Earle, -William, of Providence, R. L, s. of Wm. and Elizabeth
Earle, b. at Springfield, N. J.; m. 1739, Mrs. Mary Sharp, adm. grant-
ed to his widow, June 11, 1759.
Diary : 1754. In the "Gentleman and Trader's Pocket Companion,"
39 pages of Ms. notes at the end. He was undoubtedly a shipmaster
in the West India trade.
MS. owned in 1918 by C. F. Libbie, Boston.
Easton, Peter, of Newport, R. I., s. of Hon. Nicholas and — —
( ) Easton, b. in Lymington, England; m. Nov. 16, 1643, Ann
Coggeshall ; d. Feb. 12, 1694.
Diary: 1631 - 1644. Written on the margins of a copy of Morton's
Memorial. Personal items about the Eastons and their settlement
in this country. A series of his almanacs are owned by the Am.
Antiq. Soc, but have only a few scattered marginal notes and ac-
counts. These almanacs begin in 1662. In one is a summary of
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events in history of Newport. "The windmill was built Aug. 2,
1663." "First house built in Newport, May 1639."
MS. owned by Mrs. Alfred Hazard in 1889. Published in New-
port Mercury, Dec. 26, 1857 and Jan. 2, 1858.
Eaton, Elisha, of Boston, s. of Rev. Elisha and Catharine
(Belcher) Eaton of Harpswell, Me., b. Sept. 12, 1732.
Diary : 1757-9. Diary of a carpenter.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Brunswick," Wheeler, 1878, p. 662.
Eaton, Joshua, Rev., of Worcester and Spencer, Mass., s. of
Joshua and Lydia (Livermore) Eaton, b. at Waltham, Dec. 15, 1714;
m. Dec. 26, 1739, Sarah Eliot ; d. Apr. 2, 1772 in Spencer.
Diary: (1) Oct. 23, 1743 -Mar. 5, 1744, (2) Mar. 2, 1744/5 -Nov.
15, 1747, (3) Nov. 25, 1749- July 26, 1752. "The fragments of his
diary are replete with indications of deep humility, ardent piety and
conscientious regard to duty." Wm. Lincoln.
Three small blank books, very neatly written. He writes nearly
every day ; gives some marriages and deaths, but it is largely
religious.
MS. owned by Mrs. Hezekiah Conant, Pawtucket, R. I. Unpub-
lished.
Edes, Peter, of Boston, Mass. and Augusta, Maine, s. of Benjamin
and Martha (Starr) Edes, b. in Boston, Dec. 17, 1756 ; m. Dec. 5,
1781, Elizabeth Walker, of Boston ; d. Mar. 29, 1840.
Diary: (1) June 19 - Oct. 3, 1775. "Written during his confine-
ment in Boston by the British one hundred and seven days in the
year 1775 immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill. Contains a
list of prisoners taken at Bunker Hill. Written in a plain straight-
forward way, recording things just as they occurred and is valuable
for its simplicity and truthfulness."
Diary: (2) Dec. 25, 1775 -Jan. 8, 1776. "Memorandums of my
wharfe and school-house in attempting to destroy them both."
MSS. owned by Mr. Henry H. Edes of Cambridge, Mass. Pub-
lished in Bangor, Maine, in 1837 and also in 1901, by S. L. Boardman.
Edmondson, William, of Antrim and Lurgan, Ireland, s. of John
and Grace ( ) Edmondson, b. at Little Musgrave, Westmoreland,
Eng., 1627 ; m. (1) Margaret Stanford of Bramby, 1652, (2) Mary
Strangerten, 1697 ; d. Aug. 31, 1712.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary: 1627 -May 8, 1712. Begins with an autobiography. Was
in New England about 1675 and writes much of the Indians and
King Philip.
MS. Published first in 1715 and republished several times since.
Extracts published in "A Quaker's Visit to Hartford in the year
1676," Vineland, N. J., 1915. Also in "Friend's Library," vol. II, p. 84.
Edwards, Jonathan, Rev., of Northampton and Stockbridge,
Mass. and Princeton, N. J., s. of Rev. Timothy and Esther (Stoddard)
Edwards, b. Oct. 5, 1703 at Windsor, Conn. ; m. Sarah Pierpont, July
20, 1727 ; d. Mar. 22, 1758.
Diary: Dec. 22, 1722 -Nov. 22, 1724 (date of extracts). Entirely
religious, self analysis and reflections.
MS. published in part in "Life of Mr. Jonathan Edwards," by
Samuel Hopkins, Northampton, 1804. A diary by his wife, Mrs.
Sarah Pierpont Edwards, is cited in "The Romance of Old N. E.
Churches," Crawford, p. 66.
Edwards, Timothy, Rev., of East Windsor, Conn., s. of Richard
and Elizabeth (Tuthill) Edwards, b. May 14, 1669 ; m. Nov. 6, 1694,
Esther Stoddard of Northampton ; d. Jan. 27, 1758 at East Windsor.
Diary: 1698-1703. "A small bound volume filled in the minute
but very legible handwriting of the Rev. Timothy Edwards with
memoranda of church and parish records. A copy of the original
E. W. Church covenant. Lists of church members in 1700 ; baptisms
from 1698 to July, 1703, notes on certain 'Remarkable Providences'
which had befallen this good man from his boyhood up, &c, &c."
MS. owned in 1891 by Mrs. L. Weld, Hartford. Extracts pub-
lished in "History of Ancient Windsor," by Dr. Henry R. Stiles,
Hartford, 1891.
Eliot, Andrew, Rev., of Boston, Mass., s. of Andrew and Ruth
(Symonds) Eliot, b. in Boston, Dec. 25, 1719 ; m. Elizabeth Langdon
of Boston, Oct. 1742 ; d. Sept. 13, 1778.
Diary: 1740-1777 with the following years omitted: 1753, 1755,
1757, 1759, part of 1764 and 1768. Interleaved almanacs. Daily
entries of a line a day; funerals, preachings, especially of the
lecture, earthquakes, comets, &c. In 1759 he has a list of gloves
received at baptisms and opposite "gloves sold."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, presented by John F. Eliot, Esq.
in 1879. Unpublished.
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Eliot, Jacob, Rev., of Boston, Mass., s. of Joseph and Silence
Eliot, b. in Boston, Nov. 14, 1700 ; m. Robinson ; d. Apr. 12,
1766.
Diary: Sept. 24, 1723 - Sept. 12, 1764. Large parts of his diary
have been scattered or lost. "Interleaved almanacs. The substance
of the Diary is notes on the weather, describing the phases of each
day throughout the year, but in the spaces above or below or on the
margin we have more miscellaneous matters some of personal or of
local and some few of general interest."
MS. Extracts published in Hist. Mag., Jan. 1869, edited by E. H.
Gillett, D. D.
Eliot, John, Rev., of Roxbury, Mass., Apostle to the Indians, s.
of Bennett and Lettyes (Aggar) Eliot, b. at Nazing, England, bp.
Aug. 5, 1604 ; m. Ann Mountf ort, Oct. 1632 ; d. in Roxbury, May
20, 1690.
Diary: Mar. 29, 1643 - Apr. 10, 1677. These are the records of
the First Church in Roxbury, but are in reality a journal of current
events in that town and vicinity. He mentions fires, plague of
caterpillars, weather, illnesses, also some more public events, as the
trial of Capt. Tom, Indian wars, &c.
MS. owned by First Church, Roxbury. Published in Report of
Boston Record Commissioners, VI, p. 187. In "Lives of Heath,
Bowles and Eliot," J. W. Thornton, 1850. Also in N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg., for 1879.
Eliot, John, Rev., of Boston, Mass., pastor of New North Church,
s. of Rev. Andrew and Elizabeth (Langdon) Eliot, b. in Boston, May
31, 1754; m. in 1783, Treadwell of Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. Feb.
14, 1813.
Diary: 1779-82,1788-1813. Daily weather record with notes
largely of his preaching and lectures, sometimes a list of presents
received, lists of deaths including those lost at sea, of marriage
fees, of his clothing and that of his family, of books he had read, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, presented by John Fleet Eliot.
Unpublished.
Ellery, William, Hon., of Dighton, Mass., s. of William and
Ellery, b. in Newport, R. I., Dec. 22, 1727; m. (1) Ann Remington,
1750, (2) , 1767 ; d. Feb. 15, 1820.
Diary: (1) Oct. 20, 1774 -Nov. 15, 1777. Journey from Dighton
to York, Pa.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary: (2) June 28, 1778 - July 23, 1778. Journey from Yorktown
to Dighton.
Diary: (3) Oct. 24, 1778 -Nov. 7, 1778 and a journal of the return
trip, July 3, 1779 - July 14, 1779. Journal of route and occurences
in a journey to Philadelphia from Dighton begun Oct. 24, 1778 and
also of the return trip.
MSS. owned in 1889 by the Misses Ellery of Newport. (1)
Published in Penn. Mag., IX, 1887, (2) published in Penn. Mag., July, (
1888. Also in "A Revolutionary Congressman on Horseback," by
T. W. Higginson.
Elliot, James, of Guilford, Vt., s. of James and Martha (Day)
Elliot, b. in Gloucester, Mass. ; m. a daughter of Gen. Dow ; d. Nov.
10, 1839.
Diary: Aug. 7, 1794 -Aug. 3, 1795 (dates of extracts). Journal of
his service in Penn. and Ohio during insurrections and riots there.
MS. extracts published in Vt. Hist. Mag. vol., V, p. 43.
Ellis, John, of East Medway, Mass., s. of Samuel and Dorothy
Ellis, b. Oct. 28, 1723 ; m. July 10, 1749, Mary Harding ; d. Jan. 31,
1843.
Diary: 1780-83 (dates of extracts). Accounts of storms, the
Dark Day, raisings, &c.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Medway," p. 323.
Ely, Nathaniel, Dea., of Longmeadow, Mass., s. of Nathaniel
and Mary {Estabrook) Ely, b. May 31, 1751 ; m. Feb. 16, 1786, Eliza-
beth Raynolds of Somers, Conn.; d. June 18, 1808.
Diary: "Painstaking in its description of everyday- farm work and
commonplace happenings." Written on sheets of paper sewn to-
gether.
MS. owned in 1851 by Col. Mack of Amherst. Extracts from
1800 published in "The Lost Prince," Hanson, referring to Eleazer
Williams.
Emerson, Daniel, -Rev., of Hollis, N. H., Chaplain to the Royal
Rangers, s. of Peter and Anna (Brown) Emerson, b. at Reading, Mass.,
May 20, 1716; m. Nov. 7, 1744, Hannah Emerson, dau. of Rev.
Joseph Emerson ; d. at Hollis, Sept. 30, 1801.
Diary: July 8, 1775 -Sept. 8, 1775. "A journey of my procedure
with the army at Crown Point."
MS. owned by Mrs. Abbot of Hollis, N. H. Published in full in
the "Emerson Genealogy," by B. K. Emerson, p. 85.
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Emerson, John, Rev., of Topsfield, Mass., s. of Edward and Re-
becca (Waldo) Emerson, b. at Chelmsford, Feb. 27, 1706/7; m. Oct. 23,
1729, Elizabeth Pratt of Maiden; d. at Topsfield, July 11, 1774.
Diary: 1743-1754. Interleaved almanacs. Short entries of bap-
tisms, funerals and personal and church matters.
MS. 1743-1746 and 1754 to be sold at Libbie's Auction Room,
Boston, June 19, 1919. Extracts published in "Emerson Genealogy,"
p. 424.
Emerson, John, Rev., of Conway, Mass., s. of Joseph and Mary
(Moody) Emerson, b. at Maiden, Nov. 20, 1745 ; m. 1770, Sabra Cobb;
d. at Conway, Mass., June 26, 1826.
Diary: 1799 - 1800. "Of local value as an exhibit of customs pre-
valent in a remote community."
MS. a few extracts published in "Emerson Genealogy," by B. K.
Emerson. Also in "Conway Celebration of 100th Anniversary," 1867.
Emerson, Joseph, Rev., of Pepperell, Mass., s. of Rev. Joseph and
Mary (Moody) Emerson, b. at Maiden, Aug. 25, 1724 ; m. Dec. 12,
1750, Abigail Hay; d. Oct. 29, 1775.
Diary : (1) Mar. 15 - Aug. 14, 1745. At the siege of Louisburgh.
Diary: (2) 1747-1775. "During his entire pastorate he kept manu-
script journals of events, many of which survive to the present. . . .
A portion of Mr. Emerson's journals were interspersed in the church
records under the head of remarkable providences."
Diary: (3) Aug. 1, 1748 -Apr. 9, 1749. "One of the clearest ex-
positions of the private life of a clergyman that has ever given his-
torical record."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in "Emerson
Genealogy," Emerson. (1) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., 1910, also Cam-
bridge, 1910. (3) in Journal of Am. Hist., vol. Ill, p. 120.
Emerson, Joseph, Rev., of Maiden, Mass., s. of Edward and Re-
becca (Waldo) Emerson, b. at Chelmsford, Mass., Apr. 20, 1700; m.
Dec. 27, 1724, Mary Moody; d. at Maiden, July 13, 1767.
Diary : 1724 - 1735. A diary largely of personal matters.
MS. quoted in the "Emerson Genealogy," by B. K. Emerson.
Emerson, William, Rev., of Concord, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Mary (Moody) Emerson, b. at Maiden, Mass., Oct. 31, 1743; m. Aug.
21, 1766, Phebe Bliss, of Concord ; d. at Otter Creek, Vt., Oct. 20,
1776.
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Diary: 1764, 1766, 1767 -Feb. 13, 1768, 1775, 1776. Almanacs,
"In these diaries Mr. Emerson told where he preached and from what
texts each Sunday, v/hom he married and baptized, some domestic
incidents, and, as he was an eager son of liberty, the exciting politi-
cal occurrences of the day and his own part in exhorting the minute-
men on various occasions." Dr. Emerson.
MS. owned by Dr. Edward Waldo Emerson, Concord, Mass. Un-
published.
Evans, Griffith, of Philadelphia, Pa., s. of Abner and Hannah
(Domwooddie) Evans, b. Sept. 3, 1760 ; m. Margaret Streeter ; d.
1845.
Diary: (1) Aug. 30, 1784 -Nov. 1, 1784. Trip to Burlington, N. J.
Diary: (2) May 4, 1795- July 13, 1796. Of a journey to Europe.
On the return he sails for home by way of Boston. Gives descrip-
tions of Boston, Roxbury, Providence and New London where he
sails for New York.
Diary: (3) May 16- June 30, 1828. Trip to the west.
MSS. owned by Dr. G. E. Roberts ; deposited with the Am. Antiq.
Soc.
Evans, Henry, Judge, of Mass. and Annapolis Royal, N. S.; m.
June 5, 1755, Elizabeth Baldwin of Watertown ; d. Nov. 2, 1782,
aged 57.
Diary: Apr. 1 - Nov. 28, 1760. Describes a trip from Marblehead
to Halifax and his proceedings there. Gives the names of some who
settled in Annapolis.
MS. formerly owned by Mr. R. J. Harris of Annapolis but now
lost sight of. Published in "Hist, of Annapolis Co.," Calnek, p. 148.
Evans, Joshua, Rev., of Newton Township, West Jersey, a Quaker,
s. of Thomas and Rebekah Evans, b. 1731 ; m. Priscilla Collins, 1753 ;
d. July 7, 1798.
Diary : 1745 - June 29, 1798. "A journal of the Life Travels and
religious exercises and labours in the work of the Ministry." He
travelled in Nantucket, Falmouth, Martha's Vineyard, New Bedford,
Newport, Newbury, Kittery, Fairfield and other New England towns.
MS. published in Byberry, J. and I. Combs, 1837, in an abridged
form.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
97
Fairbanks, Jabez, Capt., of Lancaster, Mass., s. of Jonas and
Lydia (Prescott) Fairbanks, b. in Lancaster, Jan. 8, 1670; m. (1)
Mary Wilder, (2) Elizabeth Whitcomb, Mar. 25,1719; d. Mar. 2,
1758.
Diary: Dec. 5, 1723/4- Apr. 13, 1724. Scouting expeditions sent
from Lancaster, Groton and Dunstable.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, vol. 38A, folios 49, 56. Unpublished.
Fairfield, John, Rev., of Biddeford, Me., s. of William and'Eliza-
beth Fairfield, b. Dec. 26, 1736 in Wenham ; m. (1) July 20, 1762,
Mrs. Mary (Goodwin) Cutts of Berwick, (2) Patty Ruggles of Rox-
bury, (3) Nov. 16, 1809, Elizabeth Fairfield of Boston ; d. Dec. 16,
1819.
Diary: 1766 (date of citation). In "Hist, of Saco," Folsom, p. 268.
Relates to the death and funeral of his son.
Fales, James, of Thomaston, Me., s. of Eliphalet and Abigail
(Everett) Fales, b. in Dedham, Oct. 11, 1745; m. Oct. 30, 1771, Sybil
Robbins ; d. Jan. 27, 1827.
Diary: 1769-1774 (dates of extracts). Personal matters, and
weather.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Thomaston," Eaton, 1865.
Fanning, Keziah Coffin, of Nantucket, Mass., dau. of John and
Keziah (Folger) Coffin, b. Jan. 5, 1759 ; m. Apr. 5, 1777, Phineas
Fanning ; d. Nov. 20, 1820.
Diary : Infinite details of the commonplace events of daily life,
tea-drinkings, prayer meetings and other daily happenings.
MS. owned by Mr. Alfred V. Wood, Brunswick, Ga. Lent long
ago and now lost sight of. Dates unknown.
Farnsworth, Amos, of Groton, Mass., of Capt. Farwell's Co., s.
of Amos and Lydia (Longley) Farnsworth, b. at Groton, Apr. 28,
1754 ; m. May 7, 1782, Elizabeth Rockwood of Groton ; d. Oct. 19,
1847.
Diary : (1) Apr. 19, 1775 - Apr. 6, 1779 with several rather long
gaps. "The diary contains many little entries which throw much
side light on certain events." He is at Concord, Lexington and
Bunker Hill. It is kept mostly in Cambridge and Groton.
Diary: (2) Aug. 27 - Nov. 17, 1776 this is not included in the pre-
ceding. Entries in a separate note book of the campaign of '76 when
Farnsworth was in Capt. Job Shattuck's Co.
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MSS. published in "Three Military Diaries," by Dr. S. A. Greene.
Also in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., 12, p. 74.
Farnum, Benjamin, Lieut., of Andover, Mass., s. of Timothy and
Dinah (Ingalls) Farnum, b. Dec. 16, 1746 ; m. Dorata ; d. Feb.
15, 1811.
Diary: Mar. 28, 1777- Jan. 31, 1778. Of the Revolution— at Ben-
nington, West Point and New York state.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Farrar, George, Rev., of Easton, Mass., s. of George, Jr. and
Mary (Barrett) Farrar, b. in Lincoln, Mass., Nov. 23, 1730 ; m. June
2, 1756, Sarah Dean ; d. Sept. 17, 1756.
Diary : 1753 - 1754. Two interleaved almancs. He gives details
of his courtship, family matters, &c.
MS. quoted in "Hist, of Easton," by Wm. L. Chaffin, p. 145.
Farrar, James, of Hampton, N. H.
Diary: 1786-1789. Interleaved almanacs with entries of the
sailing and arrival of boats.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Farwell, Joseph, of Groton, Mass., s. of Joseph and Hannah
(Colburn) Farwell, b. Aug. 5, 1696 ; m. Mary Gilson, Dec. 24, 1719.
Diary: a few notes for 1710, 1745, 1750, 1752, 1754/6, 1763, 1773
and 1775. A few short entries of affairs at home, in the church and
one or two war items.
MS. owned in 1881 by Fred Kidder. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg. 1881, p. 275.
Fassett, John, Jr., Capt., of Bennington, Vermont, Lieut, with
the Green Mt. Boys, s. of Capt. John and Mary (Wolley) Fassett, b.
in Hard wick, Mass., June 3, 1743; m. 1764, Hannah Safford of Ben-
nington, Vt. ; d. Apr. 2, 1803 in Cambridge, Mass.
Diary : Sept. 1 - Dec. 7, 1775. Kept "during trip to Canada and
return in Capt. Hopkins' Co. and Col. Warner's Regiment." Vivid
accounts of the daily life. Small matters told in an interesting way
and long descriptions of the movements of the army, all very bright
and readable.
MS. published in "Follett-Dewey-Fassett-Safford Ancestry," by
Henry P. Ward, 1896.
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99
Fayerweather, Samuel, Rev., of Narragansett, R. I., s. of Thomas
and Hannah (Waldo) Fayerweather, b. in Boston, Feb. 3, 1724; m.
Feb. 27, 1762, Mrs. Abigail (Hazard) Bours; d. 1781.
Diary : (1) Apr. 18 - Aug. 21, 1720. Kept in a pocket book, begins
with a meeting of the Lincolnshire Co. in the Green Dragon tavern,
Boston ; of the voyage to Muscongus and St. George. Observations
on the soil, conferences with Sagamores and his return to Boston.
"It has value in showing first steps in the Thomaston settlement and
also for exhibiting original Indian names of localities."
Diary : (2) Aug. 1760 - Nov. 6, 1774. The parish register, "a real
diary of his personal life and very entertaining. Mr. Fayerweather
never stated an event in plain and straight forward language if there
was any quaint, queer and inflated possible way of saying it."
MSS. (1) copy owned by Me. Hist. Soc, given by Miss Esther B.
Carpenter, (2) by the Narragansett Church. Extracts from (2) pub-
lished in "History of Narragansett Church."
Fearing, Israel, of Wareham, Mass., s. of Israel Fearing, b. 1682 ;
m. Martha Gibbs of Sandwich ; d. at Agawam, June 9, 1754.
Diary : 1722 and later. "A diary of local events blended with
some carefully written accounts, stating the values of all sorts of
things entering into the commerce of his time. It makes a picture
of the farming life of his neighbors. It tells of trades and barters
of agreements and indentures, of impressments into the King's mili-
tary service, of marriages and trials by His Majesty's justice of the
Peace and whatever else concerned the people living upon the
farms."
There are also similar books kept by John Fearing, Sr. and Jr. of
Agawam, also owned by Mr. Fearing, who writes, "I can not call
them diaries ; they are account books but might be called account
and record books as some marriages are entered in them."
MS. owned by A. C. Fearing, Jr., Boston, Mass. Unpublished.
Fearing, Paul, Hon., of Wareham, Mass., and Marietta, O., s.
of Noah and Mary Fearing, b. Feb. 28, 1762; m. Nov. 28, 1795, Cyn-
thia Rouse ; d. Aug. 21, 1822.
Diary : "From his first arrival in this country" (Ohio, which he
reached in 1788) "he kept a journal of the weather, freshets in the
Ohio, &c, which are valuable in comparing our present seasons with
those of the first settlement of the country."
MS. cited in "Memoirs of Pioneer Settlers of Ohio," Hildreth, 1852,
p. 295. Also on p. 292, there is allusion to a journal of 1787, "a
brief journal of passing events."
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Fellows, Moses, of Salisbury, Vt., Sergeant in Third N. H. Reg.,
s. of John Fellows, b. in Plaistow, N. H., Aug. 9, 1755 ; m. Sarah
Stevens; d. Jan. 30, 1846.
Diary : June 21 - Sept. 20, 1779. A military journal of Sullivan's
Expedition.
MS. owned by A. Tiffany Norton, Esq. of Lima, N. Y. Published
in full in "Journal of Sullivan's Expedition," by Fred. Cook.
Fersen, Jean Axel de, Count, of Stockholm, Sweden, Aide-de-
camp to Rochambeau, s. of Fredrik Axel and Hedwig Catherine (de
la Gardie) de Fersen, b. Sept. 4, 1755 ; unmarried ; torn to pieces
in the public streets of Stockholm, June 20, 1810.
Diary: Mar. 2, 1780 -Mar. 10, 1783. Begins at Paris with an ac-
count of his joining Rochambeau's expedition. Journal in the form
of letters to his father from Newport and Providence. He goes from
there to Phillipsburg, Williamsburg, Philadelphia, and back to Bos-
ton ; ends in South America where he goes in Feb. 1783. "His letters
from Newport give by far the best account of the French Army dur-
ing the occupation."
MS. owned by Baron de Klinckowstrom, his grand-nephew, in
1893. Translation published in Magazine of American History, vol.
3, pp. 300-437, from Baron de Klinckowstrom's "Count de Fersen,"
Paris, 1878, Eng. edition, London, 1902. Also a translation by K.
P. Wormeley, Boston, 1909.
Fessenden, Benjamin, Rev., of Sandwich, Mass., s. of Nicholas
and Margaret (Cheney) Fessenden, b. Jan. 30, 1701 ; m. Rebecca
Smith, Oct. 18, 1724 ; d. Aug. 7, 1746.
Diary : June 23, 1729 - Oct. 4, 1729. Very short entries, mostly
about his building his house, probably in Sandwich.
MS. extracts published in N. E. Hist Gen. Reg., Jan. 1859. Also
records of marriages, baptisms and deaths in Reg. for Oct. 1858.
Finlay, Hugh, of England.
Diary: Sept. 13, 1773 -May 24, 1774. Fourteen pages beautifully
written. From the last settlement on the Chaudiere to the first in-
habitant of Kennebec, the last two pages at Boston, a survey written
for the Lt. Governor of the Province of Quebec. Illustrated with
maps and a drawing. Gives accounts of places and people.
MS. owned by British Museum, Egerton MSS. vol. 21, p. 686.
Published in Brooklyn, 1867. Extracts relating to R. I., in "Pictures
of Rhode Island, Kimball," 1900.
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101
Fish, Elisha, of Portsmouth, R. I., s. of Benjamin and Priscilla
(Arthur) Fish, b. in Portsmouth, Feb. 27, 1762; m. (1) Hannah
Sissin, Jan. 1, 1788, (2) Ruth Anthony after 1828; d. June 25, 1833,
at Jamestown, N. Y.
Diary: Apr. 9, 1785- June 14, 1804. Short entries, largely of vital
statistics, only a few for each year. Mentions Greenwich, Newport
and Foster, R. I. He was a Quaker.
MS. owned by George T. Fish, Rochester, N. Y. Published in
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1902, communicated by Geo. T. Fish,
Esq. of Rochester, N. Y.
Fish, Thomas, Major., of Oxford, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
Katharine (Baker) Fish, b. in Woburn, July 17, 1743; m. June 25,
1767, Neomi Mixer of Sutton ; d. Jan. 1782 in Livermore.
Diary: (1) Apr. 26 -June 26, 1773. A surveyor's journal. He
goes with Lieut. Elijah Livermore to the Androscoggin River and to
North Casco and Falmouth. "An entertaining document."
Diary : (2) Apr. 18 - May 7, 1774. "Less circumstantial than the
first and has many references to his surveys."
MSS. published in "History of Livermore, Me." Also extracts in
"History of Oxford."
Fisher, Elijah, of Livermore, Me., s. of John Fisher ; b. in Norton,
Mass., June 18, 1758; m. Dec. 10, 1784, Jerusha Keen of Turner.
Diary : May 5, 1775 - Jan. 23, 1785. "Elijah Fishers Book where
in is a Memorandum of his Travels and Proceedings of Events that
was worthy a Remark that has not slipped Memmary sence May
1775 Untill Now." The diary is a consolidation of several diaries.
It begins in Mansfield when he was in the company of Capt. Moses
Knapp. He was at the surrender of Burgoyne and in Pennsylvania.
He enlisted four times. After 1781 the diary is personal.
Fisk, Samuel, Rev., of Salem, Mass., s. of Rev. Moses and Sarah
(Symmes) Fisk, b. Apr. 6, 1689 ; m. Anna Gerrish before 1740 ; d.
Apr. 7, 1770.
Diary: (1) Mar. 15, 1715/16 -Oct. 1, 1717. A record of Salem
publishments.
Diary : (2) Mar. 1, 1719 - Mar. 26, 1720, May 20, 1720 - Jan. 8, 1721.
Only eight small pages but very closely written, many baptisms,
deaths, marriages, trips, church affairs.
MSS. owned by American Antiquarian Society among the Curwen
papers. Published in Essex Institute Hist. Coll., July, 1915.
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Fiske, John, Rev., of Salem, Wenham and Chelmsford, b. in Eng-
land about 1631 ; m. (1) Anna (2) Elizabeth Hinksman, 1672 ;
d. Jan. 14, 1676/7.
Diary: 1637 -July 25, 1675. "The entries in the book relate
almost wholly to cases of church discipline within the membership,
to church meetings where theological matters were brought up and
discussed, and to ecclesiastical councils held in the neighborhood,
together with a sprinkling of baptisms and names of persons ad-
mitted to the covenant. ... In regard to genealogical or historical
facts, and these are the items most wanted today, the entries are
singularly meagre and give us but little of either interest or value."
Dr. S. A. Green.
MS. deposited with Essex Institute. Extracts published in Mass.
Hist. Soc. Pro., Oct. 1898. Also part in Essex Institute Hist. Coll.,
1, pp. 39/44.
Fiske, Nathan, Rev., of Brookfleld, Mass., s. of Nathan and Anna
(Warren) Fiske, b. Sept. 9, 1733 at Weston, Mass. ; m. (1) Aug.
1758, Sarah Hill, (2) Jan. 9, 1777, Elizabeth (Breck) Treat of North-
ampton, (3) Dec. 1789, Hannah (Wells) Reynolds of Enfield, Conn. ;
d. Nov. 24, 1799 in Brookfleld.
Diary: 1754-1756, 1758, 1762-64, 1767, 1770-71, 1773, 1793,
1796, 1798. Interleaved almanacs. Begins with his life as a stu-
dent at Harvard. Gives a list of births and burials in the East
Parish. Short entries. Events at large and in the town as well as
personal matters.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Fitch, Ebenezer, of Yale College, President of Williams College,
s. of Dr. Jabez and Lydia (Huntington) Fitch, b. in Norwich, Conn.,
Sept. 26, 1756; m. Mrs. Mary (Backus) Cogswell, May 1792; d. in
W. Bloomfield, N. Y., Mar. 21, 1833.
Diary: May 16, 1774 -Sept. 10, 1777. "For the greater part of
the time, he recorded the leading events of every day. College life."
MS. Extracts published in "Sketch of the late Rev. Ebenezer Fitch,
D. D.," by Rev. Calvin Durfee, Boston, 1865.
Fitch, Elijah, Rev., of Hopkinton, Mass., s. of Capt. John and
Alice (Fitch) Fitch, b. in Windham, Conn., Jan. 8, 1745/6; m. Apr.
1766, Hannah Fuller of Ipswich, Mass. ; d. Dec. 16, 1788.
Diary : (1) 1774, (2) 1775. Interleaved almanacs. A daily record
of the weather with various items of war news and farming notes.
Also the places where he preaches and exchanges.
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103
MSS. (1) owned by N. Y. Public Library, (2) by Wisconsin Hist.
Soc. Unpublished.
Fitch, Jabez, of Norwich and Preston, Conn, and Hyde Park, Vt.,
s. of Jabez and Anna (Knowlton) Fitch, b. Feb. 15, 1737 ; m. June 3,
1760, Hannah Perkins of Norwich ; d. Feb. 29, 1812.
Diary : (1) Sept. 28, 1755 - Feb. 24, 1812, with a narrative of things
he remembered from 1749. The diary includes his service in the
French and Indian wars. He was a voluminous writer and gives an
intimate daily record of his life. From 1788 to 1812 he tells of the
settlement of Northern Vermont.
Diary : (2) Aug. 5 - Dec. 3, 1775. Kept while he was stationed at
Roxbury in the 8th Co. of the 8th Conn. Reg.
Diary : (3) Aug. 2, 1776- Jan. 2, 1777. "A narrative of the Treat-
ment with which the American prisoners were used who were taken
by the British on Long Island, &c."
MSS. (1) owned by The Mayflower Soc. Boston. Pub. in part in
The Mayflower Des., vols. I to XV, and in Pilgrim Notes and Queries,
vols. II to V. (2) owned by Library of Congress ; copy by Mass.
Hist. Soc, pub. in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., 1895, p. 41. (3) owned by
N. Y. Hist. Soc; pub. in Brooklyn, 1879, in facsimile.
Fitch, Zachariah, Capt., of Groton, Mass., s. of Zachariah and
Elizabeth (Grimes) Fitch, b. in Bedford, Apr. 1, 1734 ; m. (1) Rebec-
can Davis, (2) Aug. 4, 1763, Lydia Tuck, (3) Feb. 3, 1767, Sibele
Larkin, (4) May 11, 1809, Betsey Tuttle; d. Sept. 2, 1820.
Diary : (1) Aug. 3, 1776- June 4, 1782. Journal of a march from
Groton to Ticonderoga, mentioning only the places where he stopped
and lists of men with a few later entries relating to the new town-
ship of Sebago, Me.
Diary: (2) May 19, 1780 -Jan. 4,1835 (dates of extracts). Re-
markable storms, severe cold, &c
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, (2) cited in Butlers "Hist,
of Groton," p 260. Also in Groton Hist. Ser., IV, p. 378. Probably
continued by a later hand.
Fitts, Abraham, Lieut., of Camden, N. H., in Capt. Moses Baker's
Co. of Volunteers, s. of Daniel and Ruth (Brown) Fitts of Salisbury,
Mass., b. in Salisbury, Oct. 24, 1736; m. Dorothy Hall of Chester,
May 27, 1765 ; d. Aug. 6> 1808.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary : Sept. 27 - Nov. 1, 1777. A march from Candia to Saratoga,
the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga and surrender of Burgoyne.
Very short entries of the march and places where he stopped.
MS. published in "History of Candia," by J. Bailey Moore, p. 81.
Flanders, John, Jr., of Boscawen, N. H., s. of John and Eunice
(Jackman) Flanders, b. Oct. 13, 1752 ; m. Elizabeth (Jackman) Stevens;
d. Apr. 1, 1827.
Diary : Jan. 3 - Apr. 25, 1776. A record of the weather, together
with a few items of interest, mostly written in cypher the key to
which has been discovered. He was in prison in Quebec while this
was kept. He was in Arnold's campaign.
MS. extract published in "History of Boscawen," by C. C. Coffin,
p. 250.
Fleet, Mary, of Boston, Mass., dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Goose) Fleet, b. Oct. 3, 1729; unmarried.
Diary: Nov. 18, 1755 -Oct. 2, 1803 (dates of extracts). Contains
much news of people and affairs, especially of the Old South Church
which she attends.
MS. extracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1865, p. 59.
Flint, Austin, Dr., of Leicester, Mass., s. of Dr. Edward and
Mary (Howe) Flint, b. Jan. 4, 1760, in Shrewsbury, Mass., m. June
7, 1785, Elizabeth Henshaw ; d. Aug. 29, 1850, in Leicester.
Diary : 1786 - 1850. Entries are made in Thomas' almanacs. He
usually jots down the age of everyone whom he meets. Part of this
covers his service in Shay's rebellion when he joined Col. Newhall's
regiment at Hadley.
MS. owned by his great-grandson Dr. Austin Flint, 118 E. 19th
St., New York City. Unpublished.
Flint, Edward, Dr., of Shrewsbury, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Mary (Brown) Flint of Concord, b. Mar. 18, 1733 ; m. Mary How of
Shrewsbury, Jan. 8, 1755; d. Nov. 17, 1818.
Diary : Jan. 1796 - Oct. 1818. A memorandum of daily events,
notices of births and deaths among his patients, with some original
doggerel upon a number of subjects.
MS. owned by Misses C. L. and E. H. Flint, Boston, Mass. Un-
published.
Flint, Henry, Rev., of Braintree, Mass., b. at Matlock in Derby-
shire, England ; m. Mrs. Margaret (Hoar) Matthews of Cambridge
before 1642; d. April 27, 1668.
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105
Diary: 1659 - 1665 except 1664. Almanacs, containing occasional
notes and memoranda, usually disguised in Greek letters.
MS. 1661 owned by Miss Mary Hoar, Worcester, Mass.
Flynt, Henry, Tutor, of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Rev. Josiah
and Esther (Willet) Flynt of Dorchester, b. May 5, 1675 ; unmarried ;
d. Feb. 13, 1760.
Diary: 1724 -June 5, 1747. A thick, square, parchment-bound
volume. Written in a rather fine hand but with ink which is still
black. Many names are mentioned. Entries sometimes very short
and sometimes very long. A valuable description of the life of the
day. Largely a record of personal matters, expenses, affairs of the
college, and of his land and buildings in Grafton. He makes fre-
quent trips there and mentions many of the people.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library; presented by the children
of Jonathan Jackson, Esq. Unpublished.
Flynt, Josiah, Rev., of Dorchester and Braintree, s. of Rev.
Henry and Margery (Hoar) Flynt, b. Aug. 24, 1645 in Braintree ;
m. Jan. 24, 1671, Esther Willet of Swansey ; d. Sept. 16, 1680.
Diary : Oct. 11, 1653 - Nov. 25, 1674. "The handwriting is mostly
that of Rev. Josiah Flynt while several entries are probably in the
hand of Tutor Flynt." Very few entries ; the most space given to a
trouble in the church between Dea. Samuel Bass and Josiah Fiynt.
MS. owned by Dedham Hist. Soc; given by Miss Dorothy Quincy,
1898. Published in Dedham Hist. Reg.
Fobes, Perez, Dr., of Raynham, Mass., s. of Josiah and Freelove
(Edson) Fobes, b. in Bridgewater, Sept. 21, 1742; m. Prudence
Wales of Raynham ; d. Feb. 23, 1812.
Diary: (1) Aug. 26, 1759 -Aug. 20, 1760. "There is nothing very
thrilling about it but it seems worthy of preservation as indicating
the character of the institution at Harvard in the middle of the last
century."
Diary: (2) June 3, 1768 -Nov. 1, 1769. Partly written in cypher.
Largely of his own doings, exchanges, visits, &c.
MSS. (1) owned by Harvard College Library. (2) by N. E. Hist.
Gen. Soc.
Fobes, Timothy, of Bridgewater, Mass., s. of William and Thank-
ful (Dwelly) Fobes, b. May 1, 1740 ; m. Oct. 23, 1766, Mary Dean ; d.
Oct. 20, 1803.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary : Aug. 28, 1774 - Dec. 5, 1786. A record of births and deaths
in Bridgewater with a few other entries.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry D. Forbes, Boston. Published in "Pil-
grim Notes and Queries," II, p. 152.
Fogg, Jeremiah, of Kensington, N. H., s. of Rev. Jeremiah and
Elizabeth (Parsons) Fogg, b. Oct. 16, 1749 ; m. Dec. 18, 1785, Lydia
Hill of Cambridge, Mass. ; d. May 26, 1808.
Diary: Aug. 13 -Sept. 30, 1779. Rather long entries of the daily
movements of the army. He was a Staff Officer in Col. Poor's
Regiment, the Second New Hampshire, in the expedition of Gen.
Sullivan.
MS. published in Cook's "Journals of Sullivan's Campaign." Also
by the News Letter Press, Exeter, N. H., 1879.
Folger, Walter, Hon., of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Walter and
Elizabeth (Starbuck) Folger, b. June 12, 1765 ; m. Anna Ray, Dec.
29, 1785; d. Sept. 8, 1849.
Diary: (1) Sept. 26, 1731 -Nov. 12, 1749. List of baptisms copied
from family papers of Hon. John H. White of Dover, N. H.
Diary: (2) 1722 - 1811. A list of people and ships lost at sea, taken
from an old diary which also gives fires, various accidents, deaths,
great winds, &c, happening in Nantucket.
Diary : (3) 1662 - 1766. Copied from a very old manuscript giving
a record of births, some deaths and marriages.
Diary: (4) Oct. 31, 1662 -Oct. 9, 1706. A record of births, mar-
riages and deaths.
Diary: (5) Sept. 23, 1710 -Feb. 15, 1796. A memorandum of
deaths copied from an old book belonging to Elizabeth Barley.
This is very complete, giving names of parents, husbands, wives
and often of first husbands, with some particulars of the deaths.
MSS. owned by Nantucket Historical Society. Unpublished.
Follansbee, Moody, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Francis and Judith
Follansbee, b. in Newbury, Nov. 6, 1728 ; m. in Andover, Feb. 7,
1750, Sarah Smith.
Diary: 1765-66. Interleaved almanacs, weather with a few other
notes.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, presented by Leverett Salton-
stall, 1858. Unpublished.
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107
Foot, Caleb, of Salem, Mass., s. of Enoch and Ruth (Ingalls) Foote,
b. July 6, 1750 at Andover, Mass.; m. Mary Dedman, Feb. 13, 1775;
d. May 19, 1787, in West Indies.
Diary : July 10, 1778 - Jan. 17, 1782. More of a narrative than a
diary, long entries sometimes covering several months. Journals of
two trips taken. The first to Canada in the Sloop "Gates." The
second to Holland and Spain in the "South Carolina." A journal of
the Revolution.
MS. copy of manuscript owned by Caleb Foote. The original
Manuscript is lost. Published in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., Vol. 26, p. 60.
Foote, Abigail, of Colchester, Conn., dau. of Israel and Elizabeth
(Kimberly) Foote, b. Mar. 13, 1757 ; m. Nathaniel Foote, Jan. 31,
1791 ; d. Jan. 2, 1852.
Diary: (1) June 2 -Nov. 18, 1775, (2) Apr. 12 -Sept. 10, 1776, (3)
Jan. 1 - Mar. 7, 1779. Daily life and home duties. Short entries, not
as interesting as that of Elizabeth Foote.
MSS. owned by members of the family. Manuscript copy by
Conn. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Foote, Elizabeth, of Colchester, Conn., dau. of Israel and Eliza-
beth (Kimberly) Foote, b. May 29, 1750 ; m. Nov. 5, 1778, Rev. David
Huntington ; d. Oct. 25, 1845, at Lyme, Conn.
Diary : Jan. 1- Oct. 29, 1775. Daily life and home duties of a
country girl.
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Foote, Isaac, Major, of Branford, Conn., s. of Isaac and Rebecca
(Dickerman) Foote of Northford, Conn., b. July 16, 1717; m. Mary
Hall of Wallingford, at Greenbush, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1738; d. Oct. 7.
1755.
Diary: Jan. 4 - Apr. 5, 1754 (dates of first and last quotation).
Extracts from this journal are made by Rev. Philemon Robbins in
the back of his manuscript diary owned by the library of Harvard
College. They are of a religious nature. He says : "I have not time
to extract passages yt might be entertaining to travellers in a wilder-
ness bound for Zion."
Forbes, Eli, Rev., of Brookfield, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Han-
nah (Holloway) Forbes, b. in Westborough, Oct. 5, 1726 ; m. (1) Aug.
6, 1752, Mary Parkman, (2) Sept. 15, 1776, Mrs. Lucy (Smith) San-
ders, (3) Sept. 13, 1781, Mrs. Sarah Parsons, (4) Nov. 13, 1793, Mrs.
Lucy (Parkman) Baldwin; d. at Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 15, 1804.
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Diary: Jan. 1, 1762 -Dec. 31, 1762. This diary is kept in inter-
leaved almanacs. Very short entries of his visits, illnesses and
deaths in his parish. During this period he took a trip to the
Council of the Nations in western New York. He staid for several
months among the Indians.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, presented by E. F. Waters. Pub-
lished in Mass. Hist. Pro., May 1892, p. 384.
Forward, Justus, Rev., of Belchertown, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Mary (Lawton) Forward, b. in Suffield, Conn., May 22, 1730 ; m.
Dec, 8, 1756, Violet Dickenson of Hatfield ; d. Mar. 8, 1814.
Diary : (1) 1757, (2) 1767, (3) 1785. Very fine writing, ink faded
and yellow. Short entries. Weather, health, visits, the daily events
of his life. Deaths, marriages, funerals, &c. The volume for 1767
is marked "Journal or diary, No. 16."
MSS. (1) owned by Boston Public Library, (2) by Harvard College
Library, given by Miss Sophie E. Eastman, 1883, (3) in Feb. 1917,
by John W. Cadby. Unpublished.
Foss, John, of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Jacob Foss, bp. Sept. 4,
1774 ; d. at sea, 1800.
Diary: July 27, 1793 -Aug. 23, 1797. His captivity and suffer-
ings while a prisoner for several years at Algiers. It is really a
narrative. "The success which my former narrative met with,
which was merely an extract from a journal kept for my own
amusement, has induced me to lay before the public a more copious
detail of that work." He was second mate on the Brig "Polly,"
Samuel E. Bayley, Master. He wras captured October 25, 1793.
MS. Printed copies are rare. One is owned by the Newburyport
Public Library. Published in Newburyport, by Angier March, 2d
edition, 1798.
Foster, Asa, Capt., of Andover, Mass., s. of William and Sarah
(Kimball) Foster of Andover, b. June 16, 1710; m. (1) Elizabeth
Abbott, Oct. 26, 1732, (2) Lucy (Rogers) Wise, int., Dec. 10, 1763;
d. July 17, 1787.
Diary : June 10 - Oct. 6, 1758. "Concerning operations of the .
British Army in the French and Indian wars, 1758." He seems to
be in New York State all the time, at Greenbush, Fort Edward, Al-
bany, &c.
MS. owned by Hon. Arthur B. Calef of Middletown, Conn. Pub- -
lished in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1900.
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Foster, Dwight, of Brookfield, Mass., s. of Jedidiah and Dorothy
(Dwight) Foster, b. in Brookfield, Dec. 7, 1757 ; m. Rebecca Faulk-
ner, May 7, 1783 ; d. Apr. 29, 1823.
Diary: (1) May 1774 -Feb. 11,1780, (2) Jan. 1, 1795 -Feb. 25,
1799. Social life in Brookfield, Mass. and Providence, R. I. and in
Philadelphia. Historical, Revolutionary War, Shay's Rebellion, Con-
gress, House of Representatives, 1793-1799, Senate, 1799-1801.
Lived in Philadelphia part of the time during those years.
(3) 1790. Kept in Fleets Almanac for 1790. "This almanac seems
to contain an unusual amount of very interesting information." Has
only scattered entries. — Geo. F. Hoar.
MSS. copy owned by Hon. Roger Foster of New York, (3) by Am.
Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Foster, John, Judge, of Providence, R. I., m. (1) June 8, 1750,
Rachel , (2) Jan. 5, 1786, Susannah Proctor; d. Sept. 30, 1791.
Diary: Apr. 19, 1775 -Sept. 5, 1778. Of the events of the Revolu-
tion, perhaps written more or less after the actual happenings.
MS. owned by John Hay Library, Providence.
Foster, Peregrine, Hon., of Brookfield, Mass. and Belpre, O., s.
of Jedidiah and Dorothy (Dwight) Foster, b. Dec. 28, 1759 ; m. July
10, 1770, Mrs. Polly (Parkman) Bradshaw ; d. Aug. 17, 1804.
Diary: 1749-1794 (dates of extracts), in "Foster Genealogy,"
Pierce, p. 224, which are of a personal nature.
Foster, Robert, of Kingston, Mass. and Liverpool, Nova Scotia,
s. of Samuel and Margaret (Tilden) Foster, b. at Kingston, Apr. 11,
1737; m. June 9, 1766, Elizabeth Bartlett of Duxbury ; d. at Kings-
ton, June 29, 1791.
Diary: Sept. 10, 1779 -May 15, 1791. Record of his family; de-
scription of his journey to Nova Scotia, his stay there and return to
Massachusetts. Not many entries.
MS. owned by Dr. Chas. E. Briggs, St. Louis, Mo. Published in
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 48, pp. 182-184.
Foster, Theodore, Hon., of Brookfield, Mass. and Providence,
R. I., s. of Jedidiah and Dorothy (Dwight) Foster, b. in Brookfield,
Apr. 29, 1752 ; m. (1) Lydia Fenner, Oct. 27, 1771 ; (2) Esther Bowen
Millard, June 18, 1803 ; d. Jan. 13, 1828.
Diary: 1765, 1767, 1768, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1792, 1795. The years
of 1779, 1780 - 1783, 1792 - 1795, 1823 and 1825 are not interleaved but
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have a few entries on the margins. In several years there are both
the plain and interleaved almanacs. Personal and public events,
social doings, weddings, law business and war news. Trips to Bos-
ton, Brookfield, Mt. Vernon, where he dines with Washington, New
York and elsewhere. A list of burials and baptisms in the town of
Boston, 1767, also the births in Brookfield.
MSS. owned by Rhode Island Historical Society ; presented by C.
F. Tillinghast, Esq. Unpublished.
Foster, Thomas, of Middleborough, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Faith (Oakham) (White) Foster, b. May 4, 1735 in Marshfield.
Diary : 1779 - 1783. Two volumes of about two hundred pages.
"They contain much interesting and important information concern-
ing the condition, disposition and experiences of the Massachusetts
troops."
Foster was foreman of a section of blacksmiths in the Mass. brig-
ade. He was in Capt. Wadsworth Co. Col. Bradford's regiment.
MS. owned in 1919 by Anderson Galleries, N. Y. Unpublished.
Fothergill, John, Rev., of Yorkshire, England, s. of Alexander
and Ann Fothergill, b. in Wenleysdale, Yorkshire, Mar. 1676; m.
(1) May 5, 1709, Margaret Hough of Sutton Cheshire, (2) 1727,
Elizabeth Buck of Netherdale; d. Jan. 13, 1744.
Diary : Aug. 1701 - 1744. In the above book is a condensation of
his journal (referred to on p. 138). He goes to America in 1701 and
again in 1753 and 1736. Visits Rhode Island, Mass. and New
Hampshire, especially Salem, Lynn, Haverhill, Newbury, Hamptcn,
Dover and Wells.
MS. published in "An Account of the Life and Travels in the work
of the ministry of John Fothergill," London 1754. Also in Friend's
Library, Phila. 1837, Vol. XIII, 352.
Fothergill, Samuel, of Warrington, England, Quaker preacher,
s. of John and Margaret (Hough) Fothergill, b. Nov. 9, 1715 at Wen-
leysdale ; m. Aug. 1, 1738, Susanna Coudson ; d. June 15, 1772.
Diary : Aug. 2, 1754 - June 5, 1756. Visited Nantucket in 1755.
Journal of his voyage from England. Notices places he visited,
meetings he attended, etc. Ends with his embarking on the "Charm-
ing Polly," from America for Dublin.
MS. extracts published in "Life of Samuel Fothergill," by George
Crosfield, London, 1857. In "Friend's Library," Phila. Vol. IX, 83.
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111
Fox, George, of England, s. of Christopher and Mary (Lago) Fox,
b. at Drayton, England, July, 1624 ; m. Margaret (Askew) Fell, 1669 ;
d. at London, Jan. 13, 1690.
Diary: (1) 1650-1675. (2) Aug. 11 - Oct. 7, 1671. (1) Dictated
by George Fox in Worcester jail in 1673 - 1674, called "Ye Great
Jornall of my Life, Sufferings, Travels and Imprisonments." It may
have been written from a diary kept by Fox. It is kept by years,
not by months and days, with letters, etc. interspersed. There is also
in the Friend's Reference Library a MS. of 130 pages endorsed in
Fox's handwriting "A short Jornall of g. ff. never wer printed."
(2) Journal of a trip to America kept from day to day. Some
letters from New England but very little of this journal printed.
MS. owned by Robert Spence, London ; deposited in The Friend's
Reference Library. Published in London, 1709 and various editions
in England and America ; most fully in "The Journal of George Fox,"
by Norman Penney, F. S. A., Cambridge, England, 1911.
Frankland, Charles Harry, Sir, of Boston and Hopkinton,
Mass., s. of Henry and Elizabeth (Cross) Frankland, b. at Bengal,
India, May 10, 1716 ; m. at Lisbon, in 1755, Agnes Surriage of Marble-
head ; d. near Bath, England, Jan. 11, 1768.
Diary: Mar. 17, 1755 - Dec. 9, 1767. "It is a rare and curious duo-
decimo of some two hundred pages written in his own hand and con-
taining an account of current expenses ; items of business ; memo-
randa of estates, receipts, &c, interspersed with moral and political
maxims and reflections. It often refers to matters and things quite
trivial in themselves ; yet in doing this it presents even a more vivid
picture of the journalist's everyday life and of the manners and the
fashions of the times in which he lived." — Nason
It covers a good deal of his stay in Lisbon and Portugal and in
it he entered a variety of precepts, maxims, recipes, copies of in-
scriptions, memoranda of expenses, together with notes of current
events and experiences. There is only one reference to his wife.
MS. owned by Massachusetts Historical Society. Extracts pub-
lished in "Sir Harry Frankland," by Elias Nason, Albany, 1865.
Franklin, Benjamin, of Boston, Mass., s. of Henry and Agnes
(Joanes) Franklin of Banbury, England, m. Hannah Willis of Ban-
bury, Nov. 23, 1683; d. Mar. 17, 1727.
Diary : 1718 - 1720. Very few entries of daily happenings. Epi-
taphs, names of streets, houses and churches in Boston and vicinity
and various records.
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MS. owned by Edward A. Whiston, of Newtonville, Mass. Pub-
lished in Colonial Society of Mass. Pub., Vol. X.
Franklin, Benjamin, of Philadelphia, Pa., s. of Josiah and Abiah
(Folger) Franklin, b. in Boston, Jan. 17, 1706; m. Deborah Read of
Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1730 ; d. Apr. 17, 1790.
Diary: (1) July 22 -Oct. 11, 1726. "Journal of occurences in my
voyage to Philadelphia on board the Berkshire. Henry Clark,
Master, from London."
Diary : (2) Feb. 12 -Mar. 2, 1779. A fragment chiefly a memor-
andum of letters written and received.
Diary: (3) 1764-1774. Journal kept during his residence in
London, a record of financial doings, expense, disbursements, &c.
Diary: (4) Mar. 21 -July 1,1782. The first part of this was
written May 9, 1782 and consists of letters, memoranda and items
from memory. After that date it is kept as a daily journal of the
negotiations for peace with Great Britain.
MSS. (2) and (3) owned by the American Philosophical Society,
Philadelphia. (1) and (4) Published in "Life of Benjamin Franklin,"
by Bigelow, (4) in "Works of Franklin," by Jared Sparks.
Freeman, Enoch, of Eastham, Mass., and Portland, Me., s. of
Samuel and Bathsheba (Lothrop) (Smith) Freeman, b. in Eastham,
May 17, 1706; m. Aug. 31, 1742, Mary Wright; d. Sept. 2, 1788.
Diary : 1729 - 1785 with many years omitted. Interleaved alman-
acs. Part of it was kept in Harvard College. After 1740 only oc-
casional 'entries. "We catch a glimpse of the society in which he
moved and become familiar with primitive scenes of activity and
interest."
MS. owned by Portland Public Library. Extracts published in
"Freeman Genealogy."
Freeman, Joshua, of Truro, Mass., s. Constant and Jane (Treat)
Freeman, b. July 4, 1717 ; m. (1) Rebecca Parker, Oct. 9, 1746, (2)
Rebecca Knowles; d. Dec. 5, 1794.
Diary: (1) April 22, 1757 - Nov. 30, 1757, (2) Sept. 4 - Nov. 13, 1768.
A scouting expedition to Meduncook.
MSS. preserved in Mass. Archives, 38A. (1) p. 280, (2) p. 300.
Published May 12- July 25, 1757, in "Hist, of Warren, Me." p. 106.
French, Christopher, Major, of Ireland, a volunteer in the Eng:
lish Army coming from Cork to Gloucester.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
113
Diary: Jan. 1, 1776 - Sept. 12, 1776. Kept when he was a prisoner
of war in Hartford Jail. A very interesting journal. Major French
escaped from jail Dec. 27 and left this Diary behind him. It is
marked no. 2. It comprises 72 pages, fourteen of which are filled
with verses upon his situation, the committee, &c.
MS. Published in Conn. Hist. Soc, Vol. 1, p. 189.
French, Jonathan, Rev., of Andover, Mass., s. of Dea. Moses
and Esther French of Braintree, b. Jan. 30, 1740 ; m. Aug. 26, 1773,
Abigail Richards of Weymouth ; d. June 28, 1809.
Diary : 1749 - 1800. Extraordinary natural phenomena, deaths,
personal matters, of his experiences in 1757 as a common soldier at
Fort Edward.
MS. cited in "Andover," Abbot, p. 193; also in "Mem. of Rev.
Jonathan French," Alden.
L French, Samson, Jr., of Southwlck, Mass. and Decatur, N. Y., s.
of Sampson French, b. Sept. 15, 1742 in Dunstable, N. H.; m. 1768,
Susannah Root of Southwick ; d. Jan. 1834.
Diary: Dec. 22, 1768 - Jan. 22, 1833 (dates of extracts). Account
book with diary entries, of family matters.
MS. owned by Mrs. Frank Pendell of Binghampton, N. Y. Ex-
tracts published in "Gen. Hist, of French and Allied Families," Beyer,
1912, p. 125.
Frisbie, Judah, of Wolcott, Conn., s. of Elijah and Abigail (Culver)
Frisbie, b. Sept. 12, 1744; m. Aug. 12, 1779, Hannah Baldwin;
d. 1829.
Diary : May 10 - Dec. 13, 1776. Journal of his march to New York
where he was sick for a while, then went to Ticonderoga.
MS. published in "History of Wolcott," Orcutt, 1874, p. 306.
Frisbie, Levi, Rev., of Hanover, N. H., s. of Elisha and Rachel
(Levi) Frisbie, b. at Branford, Conn., Apr. 11, 1748; m. (1) Zeruiah
Sprague of Lebanon, (2) Mehitable Hale of Newbury, June 1, 1780 ;
d. at Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 25, 1806.
Diary : June 18 - Sept. 1774. "A short account of the mission of
Rev. Levi Frisbie, Mr. James Dean and Mr. Thomas Kendall to the
Indians in the Provence of Quebec." This mission was sent from
Dartmouth College. They go to Caughnawnga and other towns in
Canada for boys to bring back to be educated at the College. Usually
these Indian boys were sons of white captives.
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MS. published as an appendix to the "Narrative of 1775," by Rev.
Eleazar Wheelock, Hartford, 1775.
Frizzell, John, of Northfield, Mass., s. of Samuel and Prudence
(Flagg) Frizzell, b. Sept. 20, 1730 in Shewsbury, Mass. ; m. about
1764, Martha Bartlett ; d. 1815, in Northfield.
Diary: Aug. 10, 1756 -Aug. 28, 1759 with some later entries.
Diary and account book. "The connected narrative is of experience
during three years that the writer was a prisoner during the French
and Indian war. It begins abruptly with nothing to show where the
scene is laid or where the soldiers come from or to what command he
belonged. But a comparison of the dates and events with historical
dates shows that it was the siege and capture of Oswego by the
French and Indians under Montcalm."
From 1762 to 1784 there are business entries, family statistics, &c.
MS. owned by Mrs. R. M. Johns, 905 S. Momteau St., Sedalia, Mo.
Unpublished.
Frost, Amriah, Rev., of Milford, Mass., s. of Amriah and Esther
(Messenger) Frost, b. in Milford, Feb. 5, 1749/50; m. Esther Messen-
ger of Wrentham, Oct. 22, 1778; d. in Sandford, Me., in 1819.
Diary: 1797. Description of a journey taken from Milford, Mass.,
to Northern Virginia in the course of which he visited the principal
cities on the way including Washington.
"The diary is not a model in a literary sense yet it gives some new
facts and impressions concerning Washington in a quaint but natural
way which disarms literary criticism."
MS. owned in 1879 by Hon. H. B. Staples. Published in pamphlet
called "A Day at Mt. Vernon, &c."
Frost, Edmund, of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Edmund and Hannah
(Cooper) Frost, bapt. June 12, 1715 ; m. Sarah Rand of Charlestown,
Aug. 9, 1750; d. 1777.
Diary: Nov. 18, 1755 -July 26, 1759. A few entries of especially
noteworthy events, natural phenomena or other events. Only four
pages of long letter paper.
MS. owned by Mr. George Kuhn Clarke, 70 Kilby St., Boston,
Mass. Published in Notes and Queries, N. E. Gen. Reg., October, 1901.
Frost, John, Jr., of Eliot, Maine, s. of John and Sarah (Gerrish)
Frost, b. Aug. 15, 1738; m. 1760, Mary Nowell of York, Me. ; d. July .
15, 1810.
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115
Diary: May 10, 1760 -Nov. 12, 1760. A march through Spring-
field, Westfield, Albany, Ticonderoga to St. Johns ; back to Crown
Point. Short entries. Names of many men. He was colonel of a
regiment under Gen. Jonathan Warner.
MS. owned by Wm. Fogg Library, Eliot, Me. Published in Old
- Eliot, Vol. VIII, p. 109; also Vol. IV, p. 185.
Frye, Joseph, Col., of Andover, Mass. and Fryeburg, Me., s. of
John and Tabitha (Farnum) Frye, b. Mar. 1711/12 in Andover; m.
Mehetable Poor of Andover ; d. 1794.
Diary: Aug. 1-Aug. 9, 1757. Journal of the attack on Fort Wil-
liam Henry and the massacre. Sent by Frye to Gov. Pownall as his
official report.
MS. owned by Public Record Office. Copy in Peter Force Collec-
tion, Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Fuller, Archelaus, Col., of Middleton, Mass., s. of Benjamin
and Mary Fuller, b. May 4, 1727, in Middleton ; m. (1) Aug. 10, 1752
Hannah Richardson, (2) Apr. 17, 1759, Mrs. Betsey (Dale) Putnam
of Danvers ; d. Aug. 26, 1776 at Charlestown, N. H.
Diary: May 25 - Nov. 11, 1758. Of the expedition to Ticonder-
oga.
MS. formerly owned by Mrs. Martha J. Averill of Middeton. Pub-
lished in Essex Institute Hist. Coll., July, 1910, p. 209.
Fuller, Daniel, Rev., of Gloucester, Mass., s. of Benjamin and
Mary (Fuller) Fuller, b. Sept. 1, 1740 ; m. Aug. 14, 1770, Hannah
Bowers ; d. at Dorchester, May 23, 1829.
Diary: Mar. 1, 1775 -Dec. 19, 1797. "Historical items of passing
or permanent interest to him, matters to him of unusual reference,
&c, together with memoranda of political records of his day and of
the then growing Federal commonwealth. . . . Here too are the
notes of his itineraries taken as voluntary chaplain among the patriot
soldiers gathered about Charlestown and Boston, faithfully and often
fantastically grouped with domestic and pastoral details, new year
and family calls, and visitations and the like." It commences with
an account of the family of Thomas Fuller.
MS. owned by Daniel Fuller Appleton, Esq. of Ipswich. Published
New York, De Vinne Press, 1894.
Fuller, Elizabeth, of Princeton, Mass., dau. of Rev. Timothy
and Sarah (Williams) Fuller, b. Oct. 13, 1775 ; unmarried ; d. in Au-
gusta, Me., 1856.
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Diary : Oct. 4, 1790 - Dec. 31, 1792. "In the short sentences of this
quaintly worded little chronicle of a demure New England maiden,
Elizabeth Fuller, there is a wholesome picture of the God-fearing
homes of the period when home-making meant house keeping as well."
MS. owned by Mr. Francis E. Blake, Princeton. Published in
"Hist, of Princeton," by F. E. Blake.
Fuller, Timothy, Hon., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Rev. Timothy
and Sarah (Williams) Fuller, b. July 11, 1778 in Chilmark, Mass. ;
m. May 28, 1809, Margaret Crane of Canton ; d. 1835.
Diary : Aug. 14, 1798 - July 17, 1801 and later diaries to Sept. 1,
1832. Kept when a student at Harvard and a schoolteacher at Stow,
Leicester, &c.
MS. owned by Miss Edith D. Fuller, 83 Brattle St., Cambridge.
Extracts published in Cambridge Hist. Soc. Pub., Vol. XI.
Gallup, Nehemiah, of Groton, Conn., s. of Henry and Hannah
(Maron) Gallup, b. June 19, 1751 ; m. Elizabeth Brown, Jan. 28, 1783.
Diary: Sept. 10 -Nov. 6, 1776. Starts from Groton, marches
through Conn, and New York where he stays in the vicinity of King's
Bridge. Gives little. besides the places where they stop each day.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
. Gannett, Caleb, Rev., of Cambridge, Mass., also in Amherst and
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, s. of Capt. Joseph and Betty (Latham)
Gannett, b. Aug. 22, 1745 ; m. (1) Katharine Wendell, Jan. 17, 1781,
(2) Ruth Stiles, Jan. 19, 1800; d. Apr. 25, 1818.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1777 - Nov. 27, 1782. Very fine but distinct writing.
A daily journal of events in his own life, — his travels, expenses, many
marriages, deaths. Also court trials, items of college news, prices
paid for various articles and other personal matters.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library; given by Rev. Thos. B.
Gannett of So. Natick, Mass. Unpublished.
Gardner, Daniel, of Danvers, Mass., s. of John and Elizabeth
(Weed) Gardner, b. Dec. 16, 1709 in Salem ; m. Dec. 23, 1734, Ann
Putnam ; d. Sept. 15, 1759.
Diary : 1759. Interleaved almanac. Many deaths and marriages,
accidents, much local news.
MS. owned by Essex Institute. Unpublished.
Gardner, Isaac, of Brookline, Mass., s. of Isaac and Susanna
(Heath) Gardner, b. in Brookline, May 9, 1726; m. May 26, 1753
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
117
Mary Sparhawk of Cambridge ; killed at the battle of Concord, Apr.
19, 1775.
Diary: 1754. Interleaved almanac. Local matters.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
L Gardner, Jonathan, Capt., of Salem, Mass., s. of Jonathan and
Elizabeth (Gardner) Gardner, b. May 25, 1728; m. Jan. 2, 1753,
Sarah Putnam ; d. Mar. 2, 1791.
Diary : 1775-6. MA memorandum book of preachers and texts with
occasional references to public affairs."
Gardner, Samuel, of Salem, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Elizabeth
(Gardner) Gardner, b. Aug. 2, 1740 ; unmarried ; d. Feb. 4, 1762 at
Monte Christi.
Diary : 1759. An interleaved almanac with long entries of his
daily life, including an account of his voyage to Africa under Capt.
Derby. Name of vessel not given.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, in Wheatland MSS. Published in
Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. Vol. 49, p. 1. Also in Vol. 2, pp. 249 and 294
with a record of marriages, deaths and extracts for 1759.
LGarnsey, Daniel (Later spelled Guernsey), of Waterbury, Conn.,
s. of Jonathan and Desire (Bunson) Guernsey ; b. July 18, 1760 ; m.
Huldah Seymour about 1780; d. Apr. 28, 1840 at Blue Lick, Indiana.
Diary : Nov. 1781 to shortly before his death Apr. 20, 1840. Per-
sonal. School records and incidents which are very interesting read-
ing. There are about thirty of these books (note book size) and they
are covered with coarse straw paper or newspaper. In one appears
the census of Watertown in 1800.
MS. owned by Mrs. Cadence L. Woods, 17 Portland Place,
St. Louis, Mo. Unpublished.
Garrettson, Freeborn, Bishop, of Rhinebeck, N. Y., s. of John
and Sarah (Hanson) Garrettson, b. in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 15, 1752 ;
m. June 30, 1793, Catherine Livingston of Livingston Manor, N. Y. ;
d. at Rhinebeck, Sept. 26, 1827.
Diary : June 4, 1777 - June 8, 1826. He was a minister of the
M. E. church and the diary is of his travels in the South, Nova Scotia
and New England, his various experiences and those of the persons
whom he met.
MS. part of the journal published in "The Experience and Travels
of Mr. Freeborn Garrettson," &c. Phila. 1791.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Gates, John, of Stow, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Persis (Shepard)
Gates, b. Oct. 26, 1713 in Stow ; m. Violata Rice ; d. Nov. 27, 1797.
Diary : Mar. 20, 1775 - Oct. 1789. "When about forty years old
he commenced keeping a journal which he continued for nearly forty-
five years. Entries were not made daily but at such times as inci-
dents occurred worthy of his notice. He records all the different min-
isters who supplied the pulpit, on exchange or otherwise, giving the
texts of their sermons; noting also many of the baptisms of children
and most of the deaths with such other matter as we shall now re-
late."
MS. published in part in the Proceedings of Worcester Soc. of An-
tiquity, Nov. 1898, edited by Rev. Geo. F. Clark.
Gay, Ebenezer, Rev., of Suffield, Conn., s. of Lusher and Mary
(Ellis) Gay, b. in Dedham, May 4, 1718 ; m. (1) July 5, 1742, Hannah
Angier of Cambridge, (2) Nov. 10, 1763, Mary Cushing of Scituate ;
d. Mar. 7, 1796.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1740 -Dec. 31, 1794. Chiefly a record of weather,
journeys to Massachusetts and of sermons preached at various places.
MS. owned by Kent Memorial Library, Suffield. Unpublished.
Gay, Fisher, Col., of Farmington, Conn., s. of John and Lydia
(Culver) Gay, b. Oct. 9, 1733 in Litchfield, Conn. ; m. (1) Oct. 29,
1761, Phebe Lewis of Farmington, (2) Sept. 1, 1773, Ruth (Skinner)
Hooker of West Hartford ; d. in camp in Brooklyn, Aug. 22, 1776.
Diary :. Feb. 2 - Feb. 11, 1776. Describes his experiences when sent
to Boston in regiment under Col. Erastus Wolcott of Windsor.
MS. formerly owned by Mr. Julius Gay of Farmington. Published
in Magazine of Am. Hist., 1882.
Gerrish, Benjamin, of Salem, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Hannah
(Ruck) Gerrish, b. Jan. 17, 1683 ; m. Dec. 25, 1712, Mrs. Abigail
(Flint) Holloway.
Diary: Sept. 3, 1724 -Mar. 11, 1725. Short entries of personal
matters, planting his garden. Kept in the back of his sea journal.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Gerrish, Henry, Capt., of Boscawen, N. H., s. of Capt. Stephen
and Joanna (Hale) Gerrish, b. May 2, 1742 ; m. Nov. 10, 1763, Martha
Clough of Canterbury.
Diary: Apr. 21, 1775 -Oct. 18, 1777 (date of extracts). The ex-,
tracts relate to his march to Cambridge and to an auction at which
plunder from Fort Edward was sold.
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"The note book of Col. Henry Gerrish is badly blurred."
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Boscawen," C. C. Coffin.
Gerrish. Tacob, Col., of Newbury, Mass., s. of Hon. Joseph
Gerrish, bapt. in Byfield, Feb. 11, 1739; d. in Newbury, Feb. 19, 1817.
Diary : Aug. 22 - Nov. 15, 1776, with a few later entries. Kept at
Flatbush and White Plains where he took part in the battle. Gives
the names of the men in his company.
MS. owned by Miss Jane Sewall Gerrish of Newburyport. Pub-
• lished in Putnam's Hist. Mag., Vol. Ill, p. 220.
L Gerrish, Joseph, Rev., of Wenham, Mass., s. of William and
Joanna (Goodale) (Oliver) Gerrish of Newbury, b. Mar. 23, 1650 ;
m. Ann Waldron ; d. at Wenham, Jan. 6, 1721.
Diary: (1) 1719. Almanac for 1719.
Diary : (2) Feb. 1, 1717 - June 22, 1719. With notes of weather,
fires, ordinations, marriages, deaths, funerals, baptisms. Very plain
good writing.
Personal doings. Nearly every day records visits. Dimensions of
Newbury Meeting house.
MSS: (1) and (2) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. (2) Bequeathed by
James Savage.
Gerrish, William, of Berwick, Maine, s. of Capt. Nathaniel and
Bridget (Vaughan) Gerrish of South Berwick, bapt. July 16, 1710;
m. (1) Feb. 19, 1736, Mary Preble, (2) Mary Newell; d. in Berwick,
Aug. 8, 1794.
Diary : (1) June 28 - Aug. 26, 1755. A scouting expedition from
Berwick to Little Falls.
Diary : (2) Aug. 26 - Nov. 26, 1755. Also a scout journal mostly
at Berwick.
MSS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A. folios 173 and 185.
Gibbs, Caleb, Major, of Newport, R. I., b. Sept. 25, 1748; m.
Jan. 14, 1787, Catharine Hall of Boston ; d. at Charlestown, Mass.,
Nov. 6, 1818.
Diary : (1) Aug. 5 - Aug. 30, 1778. Kept at Providence and New-
port. He was adjutant of Glover's 14th Reg.
Diary : (2) 1778. An interleaved almanac. Carried at the front
when he was aide to Washington. Account of the Battle of Mon-
mouth.
MSS: (1) is in the Penna. Archives, Publ. in Penn. Archives, 1st.
Ser., Vol. VI., p. 734. (2) Owned by Mr. S. L. Munson, Albany, N. Y.
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Gibbs, Henry, Rev., of Watertown, Mass., s. of Robert and Eliz-
abeth (Sheaffe) Gibbs, b. Oct. 8, 1668 ; m. June 9, 1692, Mercy
Greenough ; d. Oct. 21, 1723.
Diary : 1692, cited in Sibley's "Harvard Graduates," Vol. Ill, p. 330
and in Felt's "Annals," Vol. II, p. 478.
Gibson, James, Col., of Boston, Mass. An extensive trader
between Boston and Barbadoes. Born in London, 1700 ; m. in Barba-
does, Oct. 30, 1730, Mrs. Thomazine Barton ; d. on the Island of
Jamaica, 1752.
Diary : Apr. 30 - July 4, 1745. "A journal of the Late Seige by the
Troops from North America against the French at Cape Breton the
City of Louisburg and the Territories thereunto belonging."
MS. in 1847 a copy of the original was in the hands of S. G. Drake.
The original was then owned by Lorenzo D. Johnson. Published in
London, 1745. Reprinted in Boston, 1847, by L. D. Johnson, under
the title "A Boston Merchant of 1745."
Giddings, Daniel, Lt., of Ipswich, Mass., s. of William and Sarah
(Hawks) Giddings, b. ab't 1704; m. (1) Mar. 30, 1726, Mary Butler;
(2) July 25, 1749, Mrs. Mary Martin; d. Oct. 25, 1771.
Diary: Mar. 11, 1744 -Nov. 10, 1745, with omission from July 1,
1744 - Nov. 7, 1745. "A Jornall to Cape Breton, 1744." Daily events
of the trip with some religious meditations. Of the siege of Louis-
burg.
MS. formerly owned by Mr. J. J. Currier of Newburyport. Pub-
lished in Hist. Colls., Essex Inst., Oct. 1912.
Gilbert, James, of Norton, Mass., s. of John and Mary (Walker)
Gilbert, b. in Taunton, Mass., 1730 ; m. Elizabeth Williams, June 24,
1760 ; his widow died Nov. 12, 1789.
Diary : July 22 - Sept. 8, 1775. A march from Albany to Lake
George. A long account of the battle of Saratoga.
MS. owned in 1893 by Mrs. Samuel L. Rockwood of North Wey-
mouth, Mass. Published in Magazine of N. E. History, Vol. Ill,
p. 188.
Gile, Ezekiel, Major, of Plaistow, N. H., s. of Daniel and Joanna
(Heath) Guile, b. at Plaistow, Mar. 12, 1743 ; m. (1) Gertrude Davis
of Plaistow, (2) Mrs. ( ) Pecker; d. in Haverhill, Mass.,
about 1828.
Diary : May 28, 1778 - June 29, 1780. Brief entries, some accounts,
a few deaths. He was in service in Rhode Island.
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MS. owned by his descendants. Published in Boston Transcript
for December 4, 1905.
Gill, Sarah, Mrs., of Boston, dau. of Rev. Thomas and Deborah
Prince, m. Mar. 1, 1759, Moses Gill ; d. Aug. 4, 1771.
Diary : 1743. "A diary of her life begins 1743 when she was about
fourteen. She writes her design in keeping it 'is to assist her in the
Christian and divine life'
MS. cited in "Dying Exercises of Mrs. Deborah Prince," Edinburgh,
1789.
Gilman, Joseph, of Exeter, N. H., s. of Nicholas and Mary (Thing)
Gilman, b. May 5, 1738; m. (2) Sept. 21, 1763, Rebecca Ives; d. in
Marietta, O., 1806.
Diary: Apr. 19, 1783 - Feb. 1, 1800. A private list of intentions of
marriages in Exeter. About half of these are given in the town
records.
MS. published in part in Hist, of Exeter, Bell. Also "A meteoro-
logical journal" cited in "Mem. of Pioneer Settlers of Ohio," Hildreth,
Cinn., 1852.
Gilman, Nicholas, Rev., of Kingston, Mass., and Durham, N. H.,
s. of Nicholas and Sarah (Clark) Gilman of NewTburyport, b. Jan. 18,
1707/8 ; m. Oct. 22, 1730, Mary Thing ; d. Apr. 13, 1748.
Diary : (1) 1722 - 1738. Very short entries of personal matters.
Diary: (2) Jan. 1, 1740 - June 22, 1744. About 150 closely written
pages, "an almost daily record of his ministerial work, pious aspira-
tions and painful introspections."
MSS. (1) cited in "Gilman Genealogy," Albany, N. Y., 1896. (2)
owned by Mr. Wm. C. Gilman, Norwich, Conn.
Gilmor, Robert, of Baltimore, Md., s. of Robert and Louisa
(Airey) Gilmor, d. Nov. 1848, aged 74.
Diary: July 24, 1797, for several weeks, last date not given except
"Sunday." Entertaining notes of a journey through the Middle and
Eastern States, New York, Newport, Providence, Boston, Salem,
Portsmouth, with a number of pen-sketches by the author. Although
kept from day to day, it is a narrative rather than a diary. It is
called "Memorandums."
MS. owned by Boston Public Library. Published in Bulletin of
the Boston Public Library, Jan. 1892, p. 72.
Glazier Benjamin, of Ipswich, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Abigail
(Smith) Glazier, m. Feb. 1, 1759, Mary Fuller ; d. Feb. 12, 1774.
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Diary: (1) Mar. 13 - Nov. 19, 1758. (2) Apr. 21 - June 14, 1760.
A journal of the French and Indian war ; expedition to Lake Cham-
plain and Lake George.
MSS. owned by Topsfield Public Library. Unpublished.
Goddard, David, Rev., of Framingham and Leicester, Mass., s. of
Rev. Edward and Susanna (Stone) Goddard, b. Sept. 26, 1706 ; m. (1)
Aug. 19, 1736, Mercy Stone, of Watertown, (2) Jan. 4, 1753 Martha
(How) Nichols of Framingham ; d. Jan. 19, 1754.
Diary : 1741. An interleaved almanac. Short entries, weather,
baptisms, marriages and some personal matters.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Goddard, Ebenezer, of Framingham, Mass., s. of Edward and
Susanna (Stone) Goddard, b. Feb. 14, 1714 ; m. Jan. 27, 1736, Sybilla
Brigham of Marlborough ; d. Nov. 18, 1762 in Athol, Mass.
Diary: July 11, 1742 -Aug. 4, 1754. Largely religious thoughts
with some personal matters. Occasional entries.
MS. owned by Chicago Hist. Soc. Cited in "Hist, of Framing-
ham", Barry, p. 114.
Goddard, Edward, Hon., of Framingham, Mass., s. of William
and Elizabeth (Mills) Goddard, b. at Watertown, Mar. 24, 1675; m.
Susannah Stone in 1696 or 1697 ; d. Feb. 9, 1754.
Diary: June 1738 -Sept. 13, 1741. A diary kept occasionally
and relating wholly to his religious experiences but proceeded by an
autobiography with valuable material about his ancestors. Written
in a plain good hand.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Goddard, John, of Brookline, Mass., s. of John and Hannah (Jen-
nison) (Stone) Goddard, b. in Brookline, May 28, 1730 ; m. (1) June
28, 1753, Sarah Brewer, (2) Hannah Seaver ; d. Apr. 13, 1816.
Diary: Aug. 20, 1774 -Sept. 29, 1787. "Expense book" with items
of family interest.
MS. owned by Public Library, Brookline. Extracts published in
Brookline Hist. Soc. Pub., No. 15.
Goddard, William, Rev., of Westmoreland, N. H., s. of Rev. David
and Mercy (Stone) Goddard of Leicester, Mass., b. Apr. 27, 1740 ; m.
Aug. 14, 1765, Rhoda Goddard of Shrewsbury, Mass. ; d. June 16, 1788
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Diary: 1765, 1766, May 1770- Dec. 1770, 1772, 1773, 1774. Kept
in interleaved almanacs. Occasional entries of personal matters ;
many people mentioned ; funerals, weddings, &c, noted.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Godfrey, George, of Taunton, Mass., s. of John and Joanna
(Gooding) Godfrey, b. Mar. 1, 1720/1 ; m. (1) Apr. 3, 1740, Lydia
Hodges of Taunton, (2) May 9, 1744, Bethiah Hodges ; d. June 30,
1793.
Diary : A record of deaths and marriages kept for thirty years.
MS. among the Godfrey papers in Old Colony Hist. Soc, Taunton.
Godfrey, Richard, Capt., of Taunton, Mass., s. of Richard and
Bathsheba (Walker) Godfrey, b. Mar. 23, 1711 ; m. Theodora Dean.
Diary : June 6 - Oct. 18, 1755. Of the march of his company in
the second expedition against Crown Point.
MS. owned by Mr. Elmer Dean Robinson of Taunton. Published
in "Hist, of Taunton," pp. 419-424 and in 'Tierce Family lot the Old
Colony," p. 109.
Goelet, Francis, Capt., of New York, his parentage and vital
records are unknown.
Diary: Dec. 8, 1746 -Jan. 5, 1754 with some omissions and 1757-
Nov. 18, 1758. "The voyages and Travels of Francis Goelet of the
City of New York, Merchant."
"The manuscript is handsomely written and is illustrated with
colored drawings." It gives an account of many trips he took, with
good descriptions of some New England towns.
MS. owned by Wm. A. Whitehead, Newark, N. J., in 1870. Ex-
tracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1770 especially those
parts relating to Boston, Salem, Marblehead, &c.
.Goffe, Joseph, Rev., of Millbury, Mass., s. of Major John and
Jemima (Holden) Goffe, b. in Bedford, N. H., Aug. 6, 1766 ; m. Eliza-
beth Waters, Dec. 20, 1796 ; d. Apr. 24, 1846.
Diary : 1796 - 1807. Family and parish matters, deaths and mar-
riages, local news.
MS. owned by Mrs. Charles H. Pierce, Millbury. Unpublished.
Goffe, William, Col., the Regicide, of New Haven, Conn., s. of
Rev. Stephen Goffe of Stanmer in Sussex, England, b. about 1605 ; m.
the daughter of Edward Whalley ; d. at Hadlev, Mass., about 1679.
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Diary: First month of 1662 for a little more than a year. "Goffe
kept a journal or diary from the day he left Westminster May 4
until the year 1667 which together with several other papers belong-
ing to him I have in my possession. Almost the whole is in charac-
ter or shorthand, not very difficult to decypher." — Hutchinson.
"It consisted of several pocket volumes in Goffe's own hand-writing
received from the Russell family and preserved in Dr. Cotton Mather's
library in Boston."
"It was written in character though not altogether in shorthand
being a mixture of inverted alphabets and characters easily decy-
phered and contains news from Europe and private occurrences with
them at New Haven and Milford." — Hist, of the Judges.
MS. extracts from a contemporaneous manuscript owned by Mass.
Hist. Soc, Dec. 1863. See "History of the Judges," by Pres. Stiles,
Hartford, 1794.
Goldthwaite, Ezekiel, of Boston, Mass., s. of Capt. John and
Sarah (Hopkins) Goldthwaite, b. in Boston, July 9, 1710 ; m. Nov. 2,
1732, Elizabeth Lewis of Boston ; d. Dec. 4, 1782.
Diary : Dec. 2, 1748 - Mar. 11, 1754. Notarial Records.
MS. owned by Boston Atheneum. Extracts published in Essex
Institute Hist. Colls., Vol. 42, p. 205.
Goodrich, Josiah, Lieut., of Weathersfleld, Conn, and Pittsfield,
Mass., s. of David and Hepzibah (Boardman) Goodrich of Rocky Hill,
Conn., b. May 5, 1731 ; m. Mary Hubbard, Feb. 22, 1750.
Diary : Sept. 18, 1758 - Nov. 7, 1758. June 19 to 30, 1758, journey
from home to Lake George. Muster Roll of Capt. Josiah Lee's Co.
in Gen. Lyman's regiment. "It is as curt as possible — indicates the
movements of the men to some extent."
MS. owned by Prof. J. E. Goodrich, Burlington, Vt. Unpublished.
Goodwin, Francis LeBaron, Dr., of Winterport, Maine, s. of Na-
thaniel and Lydia (LeBaron) Goodwin, b. in Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 29,
1762; m. Jane Prince Robbins, June, 28, 1787; d. Feb. 20, 1816 in
Frankfort, Me.
Diary : 1768 - 1816. Local and personal affairs, details of building
his house, accounts, with occasional reference to national affairs.
MS. owned by Mrs. Frank Haley, Winterport, Me. Extracts pub-
lished in "An Old River Town," by A. D. Littlefield, New York, 1907.
Goodwin, John, of Marblehead, Mass., of Capt. Nathaniel Lind-
sey's Co., Col. Timothy Pickering's Reg., s. of William Jr. and Hep-
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sibah (Phillips) Goodwin, bapt. Feb. 3,1744/5; m. Mary Proctor,
Aug. 31, 1769 ; d. Nov. 23. 1828.
4 Diary : Dec. 29, 1776 -Mar. 14, 1777. A military journal during
the Rhode Island expedition. Tells of the taverns and houses where
he stopped on the march, the movements of the regiment, punishment
of the prisoners, accidents, &c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, in Military MSS. Published in Hist.
Colls. Essex Institute, Vol. 45, p. 205.
Goodwin, Nathaniel, of Plymouth, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Lydia (LeBaron) Goodwin, b. in Plymouth, May 21, 1748 ; m. (1)
June 22, 1769, Mary Jackson, (2) Oct. 3, 1782, Ruth Shaw of Bridge-
water ; d. Mar. 8, 1819.
Diary : 1799. Short entries of his own doings, visits of his friends,
&c. An interleaved almanac.
MS. owned by Worcester Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Goodwin, Samuel, of Berwick, Maine, s. of Daniel and Amy Good-
win, b. in Berwick, May 27, 1695 ; m. (1) Sarah Davis, Sept. 13, 1719,
(2) Mrs. Judith (Preble) Smith of York, Nov. 7, 1734.
Diary: (1) Mar. 18 -May 31, 1756, (2) June 7 -July 18, 1756, (3)
July 14 - Sept. 30, 1756, (4) Oct. 1 - Dec. 8, 1756. Scouting expeditions
in Maine ; part of the time on a sloop near the Kennebec River.
MSS. in the Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A. (1) folio 199, (2) 222,
(3) 264, (4) 231. Unpublished.
Gookin, Daniel, 2d. N. H. Regiment, of Hampton, N. H., s. of Rev.
Nathaniel and Love (Wingate) Gookin of North Hampton, N. H., b. Mar.
2, 1756; m. Abigail Dearborn of North Hampton, Dec. 4, 1787; d.
Sept. 4, 1831, at Saco, Me.
Diary : May 4 -Sept. 5, 1779. A diary of the expedition of Gen.
Sullivan.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. 1862, Vol. 16, p. 27.
Gordon, Adam, Lord, of Aberdeenshire, s. of Alexander, Second
Duke of Gordon ; b. about 1726.
Diary: Apr. 10, 1764 -Oct. 14, 1765. He was Colonel of the 66th
Regiment of Foot. Journal of a tour in North America. In August
1765 he reaches Connecticut, goes to Boston, Providence, Newport
and back to N. Y. He gives long and very good descriptions of all
the places he visits.
MS. copy in King's MSS., British Museum, pp. 1-69. Also a tran-
script of this copy owned by Library of Congress. Published in
"Travels in the North American Colonies," Mereness, 1916.
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Gore, Obadiah, Lieut., of Norwich, Conn, and later of Pennsyl-
vania, of Capt. Wiesner's Co., s. of Obadiah and Hannah (Parke)
Gore, b. Apr. 7, 1744; m. Anna Avery, Mar. 22, 1764; d. in Pennsyl-
vania, Mar. 22, 1821.
Diary: July 31 -Sept. 19, 1779. A journal of Sullivan s March.
Begins at Wyoming, describes the daily life and work of the army,
the destroying of crops and houses on the march. Ends at Cona-
degago.
MS. copy in Sparks MSS., Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Gorton, John, Elder, of Warwick, R. L, s. of Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Greene) Gorton, b. Apr. 22, 1723 ; m. (1) Aug. 31, 1746, Rhoda
Bowen of Scituate, (2) May 11, 1783, Phebe Sheldon of Cranston ; d.
Aug. 6, 1792.
Diary: (1) 1778-1790 (dates cited). Are of vital statistics and
funerals.
Diary : (2) Jan. 1, 1754 -May 4, 1792. A private list of marriages
performed by him.
MSS. (1) cited in the "Greenes of R. I.," pp. 115, 197, &c. (2)
owned by Mr. Henry W. Greene of Warwick. Published in Pawtuck-
et Valley Gleaner, Phenix, R. I., July 19, 1879. Also in "Hist.
Sketches of the Churches of Warwick," Fuller, Providence, 1880.
Gould, Daniel, of Reading, Mass., s. of David and Esther (Green)
Gould, b. Feb. 5, 1746/7 ; m. Oct. 29, 1765, Martha Nichols.
Diary : 1780 (date of extracts). A diary "in which he noticed from
time to time passing events chiefly however those of a private or
local character."
MS. cited in "Hist, of Reading," Eaton, p. 380.
Gould, Daniel, of Newport, R. I., s. of Jeremiah and Priscilla
Gould, b. in England. He was 16 in 1637 ; m. Wate Coggeshall, Aug.
18, 1651 ; d. Mar. 26, 1716 aged "near ninety years."
Diary: Oct. 27, 1669 -Oct. 2, 1693. "True account of my travels
on Truth's account in Maryland, Virginia, written chiefly for my own
satisfaction." There are a number of voyages to Philadelphia, Long
Island, Rhode Island, &c. He was a Quaker.
MS. published in "The Goulds of Rhode Island," by R. G. Mitchell,
Providence, 1875.
Graham, John, Rev., of Suffield, Conn., Chaplain to Gen. Lyman's
Conn, troops, s. of Rev. John and Love (Sanborn) Graham, b. in Ex-
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eter, N. H., Aug. 22, 1722 ; m. (1) Mary Sheldon, 1748, (2) Ruth ;
d. in West Suffield, Apr. 20, 1796.
Diary : June 11 - Aug. 18, 1756. Expedition to Crown Point and
Fort William Henry. A good picture from a minister's standpoint of
the soldier's life.
MS. published in Magazine of American History, Mar. 1882, p.
206.
Granger, Erastus, Judge, of Suffield, Conn., s. of Abner and
Experience (King) Granger, b. Jan. 11, 1765 ; m. Mar. 21, 1813, Eliza-
beth Sanborn of Canandaigua ; d. Dec. 21, 1826.
Diary: Mar. 13, 1799- 1807. Of various trips into Virginia and
West Virginia to look up the validity of titles to land which had been
bought by Conn, men as a speculation. He makes the journeys on
horseback.
MS. owned by Col. James N. Granger of Providence. Extracts
in Conn. Mag., Vol. Ill, p. 100.
Graves, John, of Guilford, Conn., and his descendants, s. of
George Graves, b. in England in 1633 ; m. Elizabeth Stillwell, Nov.
26, 1657 ; d. Dec. 30, 1695.
Diary: Mar. 6,1678/9-1794. "There is scarcely a page which
does not bear entries written in three or four different hands, often a
century apart." It consists of accounts, births, marriages and deaths,
farm memoranda and family chronicles.
"A careful study of the yellow and time-stained pages gives many
an interesting glimpse of the way our forefathers lived as well as
an outline history of four generations of Graves."
MS. owned by Annie Kelsey Maher. Extracts published in Conn.
Magazine, Vol. 10, p. 18.
Graves, Daniel, of Reading, Mass., s. of Daniel and Sarah (Upton)
Graves, b. Sept. 20, 1757 ; m. Jan. 30, 1783, Mary Buxton ; d. Dec.
19, 1828.
Diary: Dec. 19, 1776 - Mar. 28, 1777. A march to New York.
He goes to Tarrytown, White Plains and Chatham. He was in Capt.
Abraham Foster's Company.
MS. owned by Mrs. Caroline W. (Graves) Burlingame, Earlville, 111.
Published in "250th Anniversary of Reading," p. 289.
Green, Aaron, Rev., of Maiden, Mass., s. of Ezra and Mary
(Green) Green, b. in Maiden, Jan. 2, 1765 ; m. Eunice Orne, Dec. 13,
1796 ; d. in Andover, Dec. 23, 1853.
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Diary: Jan. 1, 1791 - Oct. 20, 1853. Five volumes. Largely per-
sonal and of local interest. Vital statistics. Occasional meditation.
MSS. owned by Dr. J. Orne Green of Boston. Unpublished.
Green, Benjamin, of Danvers, Mass., s. of Rev. Joseph and Eliza-
beth (Gerrish) Green, b. July 1, 1713, ; m. Nov. 24, 1737, Margaret
Pierce ; d. in Halifax, 1772.
Diary : Mar. 24, 1744 - Aug. 22, 1745. A journal of the expedition
against Louisburg kept while Green was secretary to Col. Pepperell.
"None of the original journals or accounts of the enterprise gives
a more complete record of the movements of the American forces and
so far as known it is the most important journal remaining unpub-
lished at this time."
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Presented by Dr. George Bates,
Boston. Published in Pro. Am. Antiq. Soc, Vol. 20.
Green, Jacob, of Maiden, Mass., s. of Kenry and Esther (Hasse)
Green, b. May 10, 1689; m. July 8, 1713, Dorothv Lynde; d. July 19,
1723.
Diary : A book of memorabilia containing records of passing events,
town meetings, births, marriages and deaths, admissions to the church,
&c.
MS. owned in 1858 by Mr. Ashbel Green of New York. Cited in
"Fam. of Thos. Greene," Greene.
Green, Jacob, Rev., of Killingly, Conn, and Hanover, N. J., s. of
Jacob and Dorothy (Lynde) Green of Maiden, b. Jan. 22, 1722 ; m.
(1) June 14, 1747, Anna Strong of Brookhaven, L. L, (2) Oct. 19,
1757, Elizabeth Pierson of Woodbridge, N. J. ; d. May 24, 1790.
Diary : 1722 - Aug. 1777. Is more of an autobiography than a
regular diary, largely introspective and theological.
MS. published in 1831/2, at Philadelphia, in the Christian Advo-
cate, Vol. X.
Green, Jeremiah, of Boston, s. of Jeremiah and Sarah (Binning),
Green, b. Feb. 14, 1732.
Diary: 1770, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1778, 1780. Almanacs interleaved.
Some with few entries besides the weather. That for 1776 was kept
during the siege of Boston.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
Green, John, of Boston and afterwards of Providence, R. I., s. of
Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Taylor) Green of Boston, b. at Surinam, So.
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America, Dec. 10, 1736; m. Dec. 26, 1765, Azubah Ward of Worces-
ter.
Diary: Sept. 7, 1755 -Mar. 12, 1756. Record of weather and cur-
rent events — births, marriages, deaths and burials; the leaving of the
troops. Mr. Mayhew's texts. A fragment of thirteen leaves.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Society, Nos. 888/90 p. Copy
given to Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Unpublished.
Green, Jonathan, Capt., of Melrose and Stoneham, Mass., s. of
Jonathan and Lydia (Bucknam) Green, b. in Maiden, Nov. 23, 1719 ;
m. (1) Jan. 22, 1744/5, Sarah Gould, (2) Nov. 13, 1749, Rebecca
(Bucknam) Green ; d. Aug. 25, 1795.
Diary : 1738-1745. "A diary of the most important events that
occurred during the years from 1738-1745, wherein he records the
various house and barn raisings, the going "to Lynn for shad" and
many other personal and town matters.
MS. extracts published in "History of Melrose," by Elbridge
Henry Goss.
Green, Joseph, Rev., of Danvers, Mass., s. of John and Ruth (Mitch-
elson) Green of Cambridge, b. Nov. 24, 1675 ; m. Mar. 16, 1699.
Elizabeth Gerrish of Wenham, Mass. ; d. Nov. 26, 1715 in Danvers,
Diary : Mar. 4, 1700 - July 18, 1715. "An everyday record of
passing events noticed in his family, neighborhood and parish. Much
of it relates to his domestic affairs, the condition and cultivation of
his farm, and the birth and education of his children, the visits of his
friends at the parsonage, the state of the weather and the condition
of the crops. ... It is evident that Mr. Green's diary was not written
for the eye of the public."
"It has a good deal of interest and value for it touches upon almost
every question of social life at that time." — Dr. S. A. Green.
MS. owned by Essex Institue, Salem. Published in Essex Inst.
Hist. Colls., beginning March, 1866.
Green, Joshua, of Boston, Mass., s. of Joseph and Anna (Pierce)
Green, b. in Boston, May 17, 1731 ; m. Hannah Storer, Oct. 7, 1762 ;
d. in Wendell, Sept. 2, 1811.
Diary: 1766, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. Six inter-
leaved almanacs, largely items of weather — the sailing of boats; the
last year mentions the movements of the King's regiment. Occa-
sional entries.
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MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, except 1775 which was owned
by Dr. S. A. Green. Published in part in the "Centennial Graphic,"
N. Y., 1875, in fac-simile.
Green, Joshua, Jr., of Boston, Mass., s. of Joshua and Hannah
(Storer) Green, b. in Boston, Oct. 5, 1764; m. (1) Sept. 28, 1791,
Mary Mosley of Westfield, (2) Aug. 17, 1825, Nancy Mosley ; d. June
16, 1847 at Wendell, Mass.
Diary : 1775. Interleaved almanac. A few deaths — list of scholars
in South Grammar school, Dr. Ballantine's school at Westfield, &c.
MS. owned by Dr. S. A. Green, Boston. Published in fac-simile in
"Centennial Graphic," N. Y., June, 1875. Also in "Facts Relating to
the History of Groton," S. A. Green, Vol. II, p. 137.
Green, Nathaniel, Rev., of Leicester and Charlton, Mass., s. of
Capt. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Sprague) Green, b. in Stoneham, Apr.
16, 1721 ; m. ab't 1748, Tabitha Prentice ; d. Mar. 21, 1791.
Diary : owned by his descendants in 1858. Cited in "Family of
Thomas Green," by S. S. Green.
Greene, David, of Jamestown, R. I., s. of Joseph and Abigail
(Gould) Greene, b. Jan. 6, 1758; d. at Nantucket, Mar. 1, 1794.
Diary: left by will of his brother Joseph to Thos. B. Gould in
1839. See the "Greenes of R. I.," p. 222. Thos. B. Gould lived in
Middletown, R. I.
Greene, Elisha, Elder, of Providence, s. of James and Mary
(Fones) Greene, b. Aug. 1, 1698; m. (1) Sept. 26, 1723, Martha
Brown, (2) Mar, 13, 1726/7, Abigail Fenner; d. at Gloucester, R. I.,
Nov. 1780.
Diary: (1) July 7, 1730 -Aug. 7, 1774. A list of baptisms per-
formed by him or by Elder Rhoads.
Diary: (2) Oct. 22, 1730 -Mar. 7, 1741/2. Remarkable events,
earthquakes, blazing stars, &c. A long account of the death of
several of his children.
MSS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Greene, Fleet S., of Newport, R. I., s. of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Stanborough) Greene, b. Feb. 17, 1753.
Diary: June 7, 1777- Oct. 12, 1779. Kept during the occupation
of Newport by the British — the daily events in the town, the reports
coming from Boston, Cape Cod, &c. He is very impartial and ex-
presses no pleasure or regret at the varying fortunes which he
records.
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MS. published in Hist. Mag., Vol. IV, under the title, "Newport in
the hands of the British."
Greenleaf, Caleb, of Newbury, Mass., s. of John and Abigail
Greenleaf, b. Apr. 15, 1722 ; m. Nov. 23, 1742, Mrs. Mary Pearson.
Diary: 1756 - 1759 (dates of extracts). Storms, personal and local
matters.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Newbury," Coffin, pp. 222 - 225.
Greenleaf, Moses, Capt., of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Hon.
Jonathan and Mary (Presbury) Greenleaf, b. May 19, 1755 ; m. Sept.
17, 1776, Lydia Parsons ; d. Dec. 18, 1812 at New Gloucester.
Diary: (1) Apr. 23- Nov. 21, 1777 ; (2) 1780. Both private jour-
nals of his service in the revolution. He was in Col. Tupper's regi-
ment of the 11th Mass. He is in Bennington, Saratoga, the Delaware
river, and Phildelphia. He tells where he went, what he had to eat
and other personal details. In 1780 he is in Col. Ebenezer Francis'
regiment.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. (2) cited in "Hist, of Essex
Co.," p. 704.
i Greenwood, John, of Newton, Mass., s. of Thomas and Hannah
'(Ward) Greenwood, b. July 15, 1673; m. (1) 1695, Hannah Trow-
bridge, (2) July 27, 1729, Alice Lyon of Roxbury ; d. Aug. 29, 1737.
Diary: (1) Nov. 9, 1722 - May 9, 1737, and continued from Oct. 7,
1748 to Dec. 1, 1760 by Thomas Greenwood, J. P. His record of cases
as Justice of the Peace — cases which came before him at Watertown
and Newton.
Diary: (2) Dec. 6, 1733- July 19, 1774. Also in the back of the
book a list of marriages performed by him in Cambridge and Newton
and by Thomas Greenwood, his son.
MSS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. in volume called John Stone's
account book — commences towards the middle of the book.
Greenwood, Thomas, Rev., of Rehoboth, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Hannah (Ward) Greenwood, b. Jan. 17 or July 15, 1673 ; m. Elizabeth
Wiswall, Dec. 28, 1693 ; d. Sept. 8, 1720.
Diary: 1694 -Apr. 10, 1783. "A book of family and church rec-
ords." Baptisms, marriages, deaths, records of church business,
councils, &c. After the death of Rev. Thomas Greenwood it was
continued by Rev. John Greenwood and Rev. Ephraim Hyde."
MS. owned by Congregational Church, Seakonk, Mass. Unpub-
ished.
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Gregory, William, of New Haven, Conn., b. in Ayrshire, Scot-
land ; d. probably in Scotland where he returned after living a few
years in Virginia and New Haven, Conn.
Diary: Sept. 17 -Oct. 8, 1771. Long entertaining, descriptive en-
tries of his trip from New Haven to Worcester, Shrewsbury, Boston,
Newport and back to New Haven.
MS. published in New England Magazine, Vol. 18, p. 343, O. S.
1 Gridley, Luke, of Farmington, Conn., s. of Hezekiah and Sarah
(Newel) Gridley, b. Aug. 11, 1734, in Southington.
Diary: Mar. 29 -Nov. 23,1757. Kept at Fort Edward when he
was in Capt. Payson's Co. "He gives us a set of notes upon the camp
life and the outside events which afford some new information, cor-
rect some old, and add to the vividness of our picture of the situation
from the soldier's point of view,"
MS. owned by Mr. Albert C. Bates, Hartford, Conn. Published in
1906 by Acorn Club.
Griffith, John, of Chelmsford, England and Darby, Pa., s. of John
and Amy (Morgan?) Griffith, b. July 21, 1713 in So. Wales; m. (1)
Dec. 30, 1737, Rebekah Fearn, (2) Mar. 14, 1750/1, Frances Wyatt
of Chelmsford, Eng. ; d. June 17, 1776.
Diary : 1713 - Apr. 17, 1770. Begins with his birth and general
autobiography. Goes to Conn., Rhode Island and Mass. in 1741 and
again in 1747 and 1766. A journal of his journeys and meetings.
MS. published in London and Philadelphia, 1770. Also in "Friend's
Library," Vol. V, p. 329.
Griswold, Thomas, of Guilford, Conn., s. of Thomas and ( )
Griswold, b. Sept. 1, 1737; m. Dec. 17, 1761, Hannah Chittenden of
Guilford ; d. Jan. 7, 1821.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1784 -Mar. 13, 1790. Tells of daily life on farm at
"Nutplains" and of the building of his house. He raised large quan-
tities of flax.
MS. owned by Mrs. Frank Pardee, East River, Conn. Unpublished.
Guild, Aaron, Ensign, of Dedham, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Mehitable (Farrington) Guild, b. Apr. 5, 1728 ; m. (1) Sarah Coney,
Nov. 28, 1751, (2) Anna Coney, (3) Hannah May of Stoughton, Dec.
11, 1777; d. Feb. 3, 1818.
Diary : May 29, 1758- July 7, 1758. "Containing the length of the
way we marched and some remarkable accidents that happened in
the campaign. Anno domini, 1758." His march to Fort Edward.
Was in Capt. Eliphalet Fales' Co., Col. Ebenezer Nichol's Regiment.
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133
MS. owned by George A. Plimpton, Esq., of Walpole, Mass.
Published in "The Dedication of a Monument to the Memory of the
Men of Walpole and Vicinity," Walpole, 1901.
r
Guild, Joseph, Capt., of Dedham, Mass., s. of Joseph and Abigail
(Curtis) Guild, b. Mav 11, 1735; m. Miriam Draper, June 28, 1758;
d. Dec. 28, 1794.
Diary: Mar. 9, 1776 - Jan. 6, 1777. Expedition to Ticonderoga
from Cambridge through Conn, and N. Y.
MS. owned by Miss Lauretta W. Guild, Dedham. Extracts pub-
ft- lished in Dedham Historical Register, 1896, p. 43.
Hadden, James M., Lieut., s. of Capt. John Hadden of the Royal
Marines, England.
Diary : Mar. 4, 1776 - Sept. 19, 1777. He was with Burgoyne in his
campaign from the north, at Manchester, Hubbardton, &c.
MS. owned in 1874 by Gen. Horatio Rogers of Providence. Pub-
lished in Albany, 1874.
Hagen, Edmund, Dr., of Scarborough, Me., s. of Fergus and Jane
(Jamieson) Hagen, b. 1732; m. Anna Simonton of Cape Elizabeth,
Me.; d. Jan. 1777 on the English prison ship "Boulogne."
Diary : Oct. 5 - Dec. 31, 1776. Nov. 2 - Dec. 11 is missing. Contains
his medical accounts previous to his enlistment. On ship board when
his ship was capturing prizes and after he was a prisoner on the "Bou-
logne" with others from New England, especially from Marblehead.
MS. owned by Mr. Walter Higgins, 910 Massachusetts Ave., Wash-
ington, D. C. Extracts published in Am. Monthly, Jan. 1904, p. 14.
Haldimand, Sir Frederick, Gen., of the 62d Royal Americans,
of Switzerland, b. in Neuf Chatel, Switzerland, Oct. 1718 ; d. June 5,
1791 in Switzerland.
Diary: (l) Jan. 16 - Aug. 8, 1775. List of letters written, names
of prisoners taken.
Diary: (2) Jan. 1786 -Aug. 1790; (3) Feb. 1786 -May 1787. Pri-
vate diary written in French, partly in Boston and Falmouth, Me.
Diary : (4) May 3, 1789 - Feb. 1790. Very small journal and note
book.
Diary: (5) 1756-1778. Private memorandum book. Mentions
leaving Boston, June 16, 1775.
MSS. owned by British Museum given by Wm. Haldimand. Ad-
ditional MSS. 21890 to 21S89. Also copies in Canadian Archives.
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Published in "Report on Canadian Archives," with translation, 1889,
p. 124.
Hale, Enoch, Rev., of Westhampton, Mass., s. of Richard and
Elizabeth (Strong) Hale, of Coventry, Conn., b. Oct. 28, 1753 ; m. Sept.
30, 1781, Octavia Throop of Bozrah, Conn. ; d. Jan. 14, 1837.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1774 -Dec. 31, 1833. Weather, personal matters,
deaths, burials and affairs of the parish.
MS. owned by Congregational Church, Westhampton, Mass. Ex-
tracts in Judd MSS., Forbes Library, Northampton. Published in
part in "Appendix to Address of Rev. E. E. Hale," Groton, Conn.,
1881.
Hale, Moses, Rev., of West Newbury and Rowley, Mass., s. of
Joseph and Mary (Moody) Hale, b. in Newbury, Jan. 18, 1714; m.
Nov. 8, 1744, Mehetable Dummer ; d. Jan. 18, 1779.
Diary: Jan. 29, 1734 -Jan. 8, 1735. Jan. 23 -Dec. 20, 1765. Jan.
1 - Dec. 31, 1767. Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 1769. May 1, 1771 - Jan. 1, 1773.
Daily events, funerals, local matters, visits, social affairs.
MSS. owned by Ould Newbury Hist. Soc.
Hale, Moses, Rev., of Cambridge, Mass. (he afterwards settled
in Boxford), s. of Rev. Moses and Mehetable (Dummer) Hale, b. Feb.
19, 1749/50 ; m. Elizabeth Emery, Dec. 28, 1775 ; d. May 25, 1786.
Diary : Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 1770. Daily events, social affairs, visits,
&c. Kept while at Harvard College.
MS. owned by Ould Newbury Hist. Soc.
Hale, Nathan, Capt., of Coventry, Conn., s. of Richard and Eliz-
abeth (Strong) Hale, b. June 6, 1755 in Coventry ; unmarried ; ex-
ecuted in New York, Sept. 22, 1776.
Diary: Sept. 23, 1775 -Aug. 23, 1776. "It has no pretension to
any formality of plan or elegance of composition ; but it is a succinct,
often extremely abbreviated statement of events and experiences in
his life chiefly from the time he left New London with his military
company until with the army around Boston he marched for New
York . . . The facts they contain are many of them of historical
value."
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Society. Published in "Life of Nathan
Hale the Martyr Spy," by I. W. Stuart, Hartford, 1856. Also in
, "Nathan Hale," by H. P. Johnston, p. 240.
Hale, Robert, Jr., of Beverly, Mass., s. of Robert and Elizabeth
(Clark) Hale, b. Feb. 12, 1702/3 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Gilman of Exeter,
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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Dec. 11, 1723, (2) Dec. 21, 1737, Elizabeth Clarke of Boston; d. Mar.
30, 1767.
Diary: (1) June 7 - July 14, 1731 and Aug. 24 -Sept. 2, 1732.
Rather long entries of trips and the happenings on them. To Nova
Scotia where he describes the homes of the French and to the eastern
boundary of Maine.
Diary: (2) July I, 1755 - Oct. 30, 1762. "Important events of the
war against the French and Indians are noted as also summaries of
legislative proceedings and popular feelings." Three volumes,
ty Diary: (3) 1732 - 1764. A list of deaths in Beverly.
MSS. (1) published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. 42, p. 287. (2)
the above all owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (3) owned by Essex In-
stitute. Published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. V.
Hall, David, Rev., of Sutton, Mass., s. of Joseph and Hannah
(Miller) Hall, b. Aug. 5, 1704 ; m. June 24, 1731, Elizabeth Prescott
of Concord ; d. May 8, 1789.
Diary : Nov. 5, 1740 - Feb. 21, 1789. Tells of the births, marriages
and deaths in the town — the illnesses and epidemics, extraordinary
natural phenomena, town affairs, war news, witchcraft, church
councils, with many religious meditations.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in "History of
Sutton," by Benedict.
Hall, Hugh, of Boston, Mass., s. of Hugh and Lydia (Gibbs)
Hall, b. in Barbadoes about 1693; m. Oct. 31, 1722, Elizabeth Pitts
of Boston ; d. June 1773, in Barbadoes, aged 80.
Diary: (1) 1723. Interleaved almanac. Few scattered entries
largely of the sailing of boats.
Diary : (2) 1706 - 1708. Notes of sermons at the Boston Thursday
lectures.
MSS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Hallock, Jeremiah, Rev., of Ware, Mass. and Canton, Conn., s.
of William and Alice (Homan) Hallock, b. Mar. 13, 1758 at Brook-
haven, Long Island ; m. Mercy Humphrey of West Simsbury, 1786 ; d.
June 23, 1826.
Diary: Apr. 1780 - May 23, 1826. Largely religious, but gives
principle events in his own life, two missions to Vermont, some
family items.
MS. extracts published in the "Godly Pastor; Life of Rev. Jere-
miah Hallock of Canton, Ct.," Yale, 1854.
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Hallowell, Henry, of Lynn, Mass., s. of Samuel and Mehitable
(Breed) Hallowell, b. Nov. 21, 1754 ; m. (1) Mar. 30, 1780, Lucretia
Newhall, (2) Jan. 6, 1813, Martha Newhall ; d. Apr. 3, 1839.
Diary : June 17, 1775 -Jan. 17, 1780. This is called a journal but
was evidently written out at a later time. It is more of a narrative.
He gives his experiences and many incidents of the war. He was in
the regiment of Rufus Putnam. Was also part of the time private
secretary to General Glover. He was in the vicinity of Boston, at
Cambridge, Fort Washington, Philadelphia and at the surrender of
Burgoyne.
MS. published in "Lynn in the Revolution," by Howard Kendall
Sanderson.
Hamilton, Alexander, Dr., of Annapolis, Maryland, b. in Scot-
land, 1712 ; m. May 29, 1747, Margaret Dulany ; d. May 11, 1756 in
Annapolis.
Diary: May 30 - Sept. 27, 1744. "Few are so lively and so full of
good humored comment on people and customs as the Itinerarium of
Dr. Hamilton." This is a journal of a journey from Annapolis to
Philadelphia, New York, Delaware, Connecticut and Massachusetts,
in all 1624 miles. "One of the best sources of authority on the social
life of his period."
MS. owned by Mr. William K. Bixby, St. Louis, Mo. Published
in St. Louis, 1907, edited by Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart.
Hamilton, Alexander, of Kennebec River, Me.
Diary : June 14, 1722 - Sept. 1723. An account of his capture by
the Indians who took him from the Kennebec river to Canada.
MS. owned by London Pub. Rec. Office.
Hammond, Benjamin, of Rochester, Mass., s. of Benjamin and
Mary (Vincent) Hammond, b. in Sandwich, Nov. 1673 ; m. Elizabeth
Hammond of New Hampshire before 1702 ; d. at Rochester, Mar. 29,
1747.
Diary: Jan. 3, 1724/5 -June 23, 1741. Surveyors's journal, cover-
ing the same territory as that of Benjamin Crane. Two volumes.
MS. owned by New Bedford Pub. Lib. Published by New Bedford
Pub. Lib., 1910.
Hammond, Lawrence, Capt., of Charlestown and Boston, s. of
Col. Mainwaring and Jane Hammond of Virginia, m. (1) Andria Eaton
of Charlestown, Sept. 30, 1662, (2) May 12, 1665, Mrs. Abigail
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
137
Willet, (3) Feb. 1, 1674/5, Mrs. Margaret Willoughby, (4) Jan. 14,
1684/5, Mrs. Anna Gerrish ; d. July 29, 1669.
Diary: (1) Nov. 27 -Nov 29, 1676, (2) Mar. 9, 1677/8 -Aug. 8,
1694. Personal matters, and the affairs of his friends ; remarkable
events, marriages, a list of deaths for 1677.
MSS. (1) published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro. II, Vol. 13, p. 411.
(2) published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Jan. 1892. Both owned by
Mass. Hist. Soc.
Hammond, Nathaniel, of Newton, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Mary (Griffin) Hammond, b. July 26, 1678 ; m. (1) Mary Hyde of
Newton, (2) Jan. 31, 1711, Margaret Stone ; d. Apr. 4, 1749.
Diary : "Contains many valuable records relating to early Newton
families."
MS. owned by Mr. Geo. Warren Hammond of Yarmouthville, Me.
Cited in "Hammond Gen.," Vol. II, p. 8.
Hardy, Constantine, of Westborough, Mass., s. of Phinehas and
Prudence Hardy, b. Mar. 6, 1736/7 ; m. Jemima Brigham of Shrews-
bury, Jan. 25, 1763 ; d. Mar. 16, 1777.
Diary : Apr. 2, 1759 - Sept. 23, 1759. A journal of the Crown Point
Expedition. He was in the second battalion of Col. Ruggles' Wor-
cester County Regiment.
MS. owned by Miss Elizabeth Hardy of Shelburne, Mass. Pub-
lished in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1906.
Hardy, Phinekas, Capt., of Bradford, Mass., s. of Eliphalet and
Hannah (Platts) Hardy, b. Oct. 29, 1763; m. Rachel Hopkinson, Mar.
29, 1789 ; d. Dec. 24, 1829.
Diary: Jan. 18, 1787 -Feb. 16, 1787. A brief diary of a march
from Andover to suppress the Shay's Rebellion.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1853.
Hare, Robert, of Philadelphia, b. in England ; m. Margaret Will-
ing.
Diary: May 3 - July 22, 1774. A journey from Philadelphia through
New York state to Canada and back through Massachusetts. De-
scriptions of the towns through which he passes and of the people
whom he meets.
MS. published in Coll. of Hist. Soc. of Penn., Vol. I, p. 363.
Harman, Johnson, Capt., of York and Harpswell, Me.; m. Mary
Moulton of York.
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Diary : Aug. 24, 1724. Official journal of the expedition against
Norridgewock when Raise was killed. He served under Col. West-
brook and Col. Shadrach Walton.
MS. cited in "Indian Wars of N. E.," Sylvester, Vol. Ill, p. 237.
Harndan, Samuel, Capt., of Woolwich, s. of Samuel and Mary
( ) Harnden, b. in Wilmington, Mass., Aug. 28, 1731 ; m. Mary
Preble ; d. July 9, 1768.
Diary : Aug. 19 - Aug. 29, 1761. Journey to Quebec, ransom of
Elinor Noble and of other captives.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, leaf 330.
Harris, George, Lord., of Belmont, England, s. of Rev. George
and Sarah (Twentyman) Harris, b. in Braintree, Cumberland, Eng.,
Mar. 18, 1746 ; m. Dec. 9, 1779, Ann Carteret Dixon ; d. May 19,
1829.
Diary : Aug. 4, 1774 - Aug. 6, 1776. In the form of letters written
to his cousin Mrs. Dyer from the camp at Boston. An account of
the battle of Bunker Hill, &c. Is called his "Journal."
MS. extracts published in the "Life and Services of Lord George
Harris," by S. R. Lushington.
Harris, Obadiah, of Wrentham, Mass., s. of Nicholas and Hannah
(Blake) Harris, b. July 7, 1736; m. June 27, 1759, Lois Ellis.
Diary : May - Oct. 1758. He was with the Provincial troops. Was
at the battle of Ticonderoga.
MS. sold Jan. 31, 1921 at American Art Galleries, N. Y.
Harris, Samuel, Capt., Jr., of Boston, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Ann (Breck) Harris, b. in Boston, July 22, 1757; m. (1) Jan. 13, 1779,
Abigail (Breck) Lillie, (2) Sept. 23, 1780, Susannah Austin, (3) Mar.
6, 1795, Mary Curton.
Diary : Aug. 25 - Nov. 14, 1777. Begins at Norwich, ends at Bos-
ton. Describes the battles of Stillwater, Bemis Heights and Bur-
goyne's surrender.
MS. copy owned by Library of Congress in Sparks MSS., Vol. XXV.
Harrison, Aaron, Deacon, of Wolcott, Conn., s. of Benjamin and
Mary (Sutliff) Harrison, b. May 3, 1726, in East Haven ; m. Oct. 26,
1748, Jerusha Warner; d. Sept. 5, 1819.
Diary: Oct. 21, 1797- July 8, 1812 (dates of extracts). Extracts
relate largely to deaths in the town, admissions to church, &c.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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MS. extracts published in "History of Wolcott," Orcutt, 1874,
p. 327.
Harvey, John, of Stroud water, Me. (near Portland), s. of John and
Mary ( ) Harvey, b. in Northwood, N. H., Aug. 4, 1745 ; m. (1)
Sarah (2) Azubah (Partridge) Quinby ; d. Feb. 1812.
Diary: June 18, 1779- Jan. 5, 1781. "The book is about eight
inches square and an inch thick. A few plans are very neatly drawn
and the penmanship is of the best." He was an ensign and quarter-
master and part of the diary is kept in Eastern Pennsylvania.
MS. owned by Miss Lillian B. Quinby, Westbrook, Me.
Hasey, Isaac, Rev., of Lebanon, Me., s. of Abraham and Jemima
(Felch) Hasey, b. July 23, 1742 ; m. Aug. 22, 1765, Rebecca Owen of
Boston ; d. Oct. 17, 1812.
Diary : Jan. 15, 1764 - Dec. 31, 1809. Personal doings, farming
notes, events in his parish, some war news, also many genealogical
facts relating to Lebanon families.
MS. owned by Mr. Chas. W. Tebbetts of Dover, N. H. A copy of
most of it by Mr. Geo. W. Chamberlain. Extracts published in Me.
Hist. Soc. Coll. II, Vol. 9, p. 132. Also in "Emerson Gen." p. 431 and
in "Hist, of York Co."
Haskell, Caleb, of Newburyport, Mass., of Ezra Lunt's Co., s. of
Daniel and Sarah (Haskell) Haskell; b. July 24, 1723; m. Dec. 11,
1750, Elizabeth Haskell.
Diary: May 5, 1775 -May 30, 1776. "A revolutionary soldiers
record before Boston and with Arnold's expedition. It includes the
early part of the siege of Boston and notes the hardships and priva-
tions endured by the troops in this expedition."
MS. owned by Rev. Edwin Charles Haskell, Iowa. Published in
Newburyport, 1881, by Wm. H. Huse Co.
Haskell, Nathan, of Deer Island, Me., s. of Caleb and Elizabeth
( ) Haskell; b. at Newburyport, Dec. 11,1761; m. (1) July 14,
1785, Betty Haskell, (2) Feb. 17, 1796, Lucy Boynton, (3) Dec. 18,
1798, Lucy Torrey ; d. in Deer Island, Jan. 4, 1855.
Diary: (1) July 9, 1779- Apr. 10, 1780. A journal of the Revolu-
tion, kept at West Point.
Diary: (2) Dec. 11, 1761 - Mar. 14, 1791. A few pages of memor-
anda consisting of vital statistics and family affairs.
MSS. (1) owned by Bangor Hist. Soc, given by Dr. John Mason.
Probably burned when the library of the Society was destroyed in
1911. (2) owned by Mr. Nathan Haskell Dole, Boston.
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Haskins, Jacob, of Taunton, Mass., s. of Henry and Hannah Has-
kins, b. June 10, 1736; m. May 2, 1770, Mercy Pitts; d. Jan. 4, 1819.
Diary: Apr. 6, 1759 -Jan. 10, 1761. An account of his service
at Louisbourg. He was in Capt. Glover's Co., Col. Bagley's Regiment.
MS. formerly owned by Miss Ruth A. Tew of Taunton. Now
owned by Mr. Frank Haskins of Taunton. Published in "Ancestry
of Katharine Choate Paul," Milwaukee, 1914.
Hastings, Thomas, Dr., of Hatfield, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Anna (Hawkes) Hastings, b. in Hatfield, Sept. 14, 1679 ; m. Mary
Field, Mar. 6, 1701 ; d. Apr. 14, 1728.
Diary : Feb. 28, 1704 - May, 1746. A diary, writes in the book of
town records giving incidents of the various Indian wars which
happened in the vicinity. "The record is remarkably accurate and
full of the casualties that occurred in Hampshire Co." After Dr.
Hastings death it was continued by Oliver Partridge.
MS. owned by Town of Hatfield. Published in "Hist, of Hatfield,"
by D. W. Wells, Springfield, 1910.
Haugh, Samuel, Rev., of Reading, Mass., s. of Atherton and Eliz-
abeth Haugh, b. in England about 1621 ; m. Sarah Symmes about
1650 ; d. in Boston, Mar. 30, 1662.
Diary : 1646 - 1650. Interleaved almanacs. "Containing much val-
uable information written by him."
Haven, Jason, Rev., of Dedham, Mass., s. of Moses and Hannah
(Walker) Haven of Framingham, b. Mar. 2, 1733 ; m. Catherine Dex-
ter of Dedham, Oct. 12, 1756 ; d. May 17, 1803.
Diary : 1769 - 1796. These journals are kept in interleaved alman-
acs and are now bound in four volumes. They give much of the
happenings in Dedham, many deaths, marriages, funerals, visits, ex-
changes and the events in his own family.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
Hawes, Matthias, of Union, Me., s. of Josiah and Maria (Lyon)
Hawes, b. at Wrentham, Mass., Oct. 6, 1754 ; m. Jan. 1, 1783, Sarah
Payson of Sharon, Mass. ; d. Nov. 4, 1828.
Diary: Mar. 5, 1780- Apr. 2, 1786 (dates of extracts). Called an
account book but contains records of weather and various entries in
the nature of a diary, of his own personal matters and the doings of
his neighbors.
MS. owned in 1851 by Mr. Noyes Hawes of California. Extracts
published in "History of Union" and "History of Thomaston." E ]
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Hawes, Samuel, of Wrentham, Mass., s. of Samuel and Priscilla
(Ruggles) Hawes, b. Nov. 5, 1743 ; m. Sept. 20, 1773, Rebecca Far-
rington of Cumberland, R. I. ; d. before 1795.
Diary : Apr. 19, 1775 - Feb. 10, 1776. Short entries of daily events
of the siege of Boston. Begins with an account of the battle of Lex-
ington.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Published at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., 1855.
Hawkins, John, Sergt- Major, of Pennsylvania.
Diary : Jan. 26, 1779 - Dec. 10, 1782. Begins while he was with
his regiment in Conn. They marched through Southbury, Farming-
ton and Suffield, Conn., West Springfield and Northampton, Mass.
to Keene, N. H. Then to Hanover, Dresden and other N. H. towns.
Later the army is in Pa., N. Y. and N. J., and ends when they return
to Conn.
MS. owned by Hist. Soc. of Penn. Extract descriptive of Dart-
mouth College, published in "Dartmouth Traditions," by Wm. Car-
roll Hill.
Hawks, John, Sergt., of Deerfield, Mass., s. of John and Elizabeth
Hawks, b. in Windsor, Conn., Aug. 13, 1643; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1667,
Martha Baldwin of Hadley, (2) Nov. 20, 1696, Mrs. Alice Allis; d.
bet. 1721 and 1736.
Diary : "This diary is almost undecypherable today but by the aid
of a magnifying glass it reveals the tragedy of the founding of the
New World."
MS. published in Journal of Am. Hist., Vol. IV, p. 237.
Hawley, Elisha, Lieut., of Northampton, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Rebecca (Stoddard) Hawley, b. July 18, 1726 ; m. Elizabeth Pomeroy
of Northampton ; d. Sept. 24, 1755.
Diary : June 26 - Sept. 7, 1755. Rather short daily entries, gives an
account of the services of the Northampton Co. in the expedition
against Crown Point and at the building of Fort Lyman.
MS. owned by N. Y. Public Library, N. Y., in Hawley papers. Pub-
lished in "History of Northampton," by J. R. Trumbull, Vol. II, p. 254.
Hawley, Gideon, Rev., of Marshpee, Mass., s. of Gideon and
Hannah (Bennett) Hawley of Bridgeport, Conn., b. Nov. 5, 1727; m.
(1) June 14, 1759, Lucy Fessenden of Sandwich, (2) Oct. 7, 1778, Mrs.
Elizabeth (Hussey) Burchard of Nantucket ; d. Oct. 3, 1807.
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Diary : (1) June 22, 1754 - Dec. 20, 1755 and Apr. 20, 1755 - Jan. 29,
1756. "Book of Journal after my Mission into the Country of the
Six Nations."
Diary : (2) Sept. 21 - Dec. 25, 1756. "Second book of journals af-
ter I was one of the army." In camp, attending funerals, &c. He
is on Lake George and goes to Fort Edward.
Diary : (3) Feb. 3 - Sept. 18, 1756. Part of the time at Mr. John-
son's "to attend the treaty" to be held with the Six Nations and part
of the time with the army at Fort Miller, Fort Edward and Half
Moon.
Diary: (4) Dec. 11, 1756 - Feb. 20, 1757. Covers a trip among the
Six Nations, a visit to Sir Wm. Johnson's, with much Indian news.
Also at Cherry Valley. After Dec. 27 he is lodging with Rev. Samuel
Hopkins.
Diary: (5) Oct. 15, 1795 - May 28, 1806. Personal entries, visits,
&c.
MSS. all these diaries are owned by The Congregational Library,
Boston.
Hawley, Isaac, of Fayetteville, N. C, s. of Thomas and Sarah
(Olcott) Hawley, b. in Munroe, Conn., June 24, 1764 ; m. June 6,
1791, Elizabeth Mclntyre ; d. 1808.
Diary: July 16 -Nov. 19, 1795. A journal from Fayetteville to
Huntington, Ct. Visits various towns in Conn, and sees his cousins
and friends. . ^
MS. published in "The Hawley Record," by E. S. Hawley, p. 518,-
Buffalo, N.T., 1890.
Hawley, Joseph, of Northampton, Mass., s. of Thomas and Doro-
thy (Lamb) Hawley, b. in Roxbury, Jan. 28, 1654/5 ; m. 1677, Lydia
Marshall; d. May 19, 1711.
Diary : Aug. 24, 1699 - Dec. 2, 1710. Account books of school
affairs, farm and mercantile transactions and many law cases in
which he acted as justice. Also marriages and deaths. He kept
open house for soldiers and officers in service.
MSS. owned by Forbes Library, Northampton. They also have
extracts in the Judd MSS. from earlier diaries, some as early as 1674.
Hawley, Joseph, of Northampton, Mass., s. of Joseph and Lydia
(Marshall) Hawley, b. Aug. 28, 1682 ; m. Rebecca Stoddard, Nov. 6,
1722; d. Junel, 1735.
Diary : July 16, 1716 - May, 1735. Account book with diary en-
tries. Mention of people who come to his house.
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MS. extracts in Judd MSS., Forbes Library, Northampton. Un-
published.
Hawley, Joseph, Major, of Northampton, Mass., s. of Joseph
and Rebecca (Stoddard) Hawley, b. Oct. 8, 1723 ; m. Mercy Lyman,
1752 ; d. Mar. 10, 1788.
Diary : (1) May 14, 1747 - Apr. 5, 1770 (dates of extracts.) Day
book with accounts and diary entries. Gives many glimpses into his
daily life.
Diary : (2) 1768. Almanac. Personal matters, some accounts.
MSS. (2) owned by Mrs. Laura A. Hudson, Plainfield, Mass. Ex-
tracts in Judd MSS., Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.
Hayden, Augustus, of Windsor, Conn., s. of Samuel and Abigail
(Hall) Hayden of Somers, b. Aug. 24, 1740 ; m. Dec. 7, 1769, Cynthia
Filler of Windsor ; d. Feb. 24, 1823.
Diary : (1) May 25 - Nov. 12, 1758. His journal from Windsor to
Ticonderoga and back again. He was in the regiment of Col. Lyman.
Diary : (2) Apr. 14 - Dec. 9, 1759. Also a journal of Fort Ticon-
deroga and Crown Point under Gen. Lyman.
MSS. full extracts published in "Hayden Family," J. B. Hayden,
Windsor Locks, Conn., 1888.
Hayden, William, of Marblehead, Mass., m. Dec. 13, 1750, Han-
nah Hinds; d. July 23, 1805, aged 82.
Diary : 1775, 1776, 1781. Deaths, accidents, &c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
Haynes, Joseph, of Haverhill, Mass., s. of Thomas and Hannah
(Heriman) Haynes, b. Jan. 25, 1715/16 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Clement,
Aug. 1, 1734, (2) Mehitabel Marsh, Feb. 27, 1756; d. Dec. 26, 1801.
Diary : 1762, 1770. Almanacs with inserted leaves, over one hun-
dred pages of manuscript in the two books. Journeys to Hartford,
personal affairs, expenses, &c.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Haynes, Lemuel, Rev., of Rutland, Vt. and Granville, N. Y., s. of
a colored father and a mother who abandoned him, b. July 18, 1753,
at West Hartford, Conn. ; m. Sept. 22, 1783, Elizabeth Babbet of
Hartland, Conn. ; d. Sept. 28, 1833.
Diary : July 26 - Aug. 15, 1785. Of a journey in Vermont.
MS. published in "Life of Rev. Lemuel Haynes," Cooley, N. Y.,
1837.
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Haynes, Sarah (Chandler), Mrs., of Gloucester, Mass., dau. of
Rev. Samuel and Anna (Pecker) Chandler, b. in Gloucester; m.
Captain William Haynes, Aug. 16, 1769 ; d. in Providence, R. I., Feb.
28, 1813.
Diary: Parts of 1795, 1797, 1799, 1807 and 1808. Three small
books. Personal events, family matters, visits, calls and daily life.
MSS. owned by Mrs. Anna M. Pickford of Newton Centre, Mass.
Unpublished.
Hazard, Thomas, of South Kingston, R. L, s. of Robert and Sarah
(Borden) Hazard, b. Sept. 15, 1720; m. May 27, 1742, Elizabeth
Robinson ; d. Aug. 26, 1798.
Diary: 1750-1795. Account book with diary entries. "From
this book with its full entries and personal details, with its occasional
notes still pinned on the written page, a very good idea can be gained
of the life of a Narragansett planter." Farming notes, records of his
cows being taken for taxes, contracts for labor, also records of family
births and deaths.
MS. extracts published in "Thomas Hazard," by Caroline Hazard,
Boston, 1893. Owned by Miss Caroline Hazard, Peacedale, R. I.
Hazard, Thomas Benjamin, "Nailer Tom," of South Kingston,
R. I., s. of Benjamin and Mehetable (Redwood) Hazard, b. in South
Kingston, Jan. 23, 1756 ; m. Oct. 2, 1783, Hannah Knowles ; d. in
Westerly, Sept. 28, 1845.
Diary : June 21, 1778 - Aug. 18, 1781. Short entries of his own do-
ings with brief notices of public affairs. "I have been utterly disap-
pointed at the meagreness exhibited in Nailer Tom's Diary." — J. P.
Hazard. "It is told of Wilkins Updike, a noted lawyer of Kingston,
that he said he'd just a leave see the devil come into the Court room
as to see 'Nailer Tom' with his diary or Journal. Shepard Tom
writes that the people of South Kingston used to swear by Nailer
Tom's book."
MS. owned by Redwood Library, Newport. Published in Narra-
gansett Hist. Reg., Vol. I.
Hazen, Richard, of Haverhill, Mass., s. of Richard and Mary (Pea-
body) Hazen, b. in Haverhill, July 20, 1696 ; m. Oct. 22, 1719, Sarah
Clements ; d. Oct. 18, 1754.
Diary: Mar. 20, 1740 - Apr. 26, 1740. "The Journal of Richard
Hazzen and Company from Haverhill to Albany and back again in
Running the Northern boundary line of the Province of Massachusetts
Bay in New England from a point three miles due north from Pen-
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tucket falls in Merrimack River in a due West Course till it mete his
majesty's other Governments." — Title of Journal.
Many houses and people living on the route taken by the surveyors
are mentioned.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg., July 1879.
Heart, Jonathan, Capt., of Farmington, Conn., s. Ebenezer and
Elizabeth (Lawrence) Hart, b. in Kensington, Conn., 1748 ; m. Abi-
gail Riley of Berlin, May 7, 1778 ; d. Nov. 4, 1791.
Diary: Sept. 7 -Oct. 12, 1785. A march from Conn, to Fort Pitt,
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
MS. copy owned by Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Histori
cal Society, Cleveland, Ohio. Published by Joel Munsell's Sons,
Albany, 1885.
Heath, Betsey, Miss, of Brookline, Mass., dau. of John and
Susannah (Craft) Heath, b. in Brookline, Nov. 21, 1769 ; m. Oct. 13,
1813, John Howe of Dorchester ; d. Jan. 12, 1853.
Diary: (1) May 4 - Dec. 19, 1783, (2) Dec. 16, 1790 - Jan. 26, 1791.
"These journals were written by Mrs. Howe when a young lady, the
first one when a girl of fourteen and the second when a young lady
of twenty-two. The second one is descriptive of a journey to see the
launching of the U. S. frigate Constitution at Boston, April 21, 1797."
They are very bright and entertaining, full of social happenings,
marriages, &c, describes the way people dressed; the refreshments
served and other details.
MSS. owned by Mrs. Robert Barnett of Brookline. Extracts pub-
lished in "Craft's Family." Also in "The Sagamore," Brookline,
1895, Vol. 1 and 2.
Heath, Peleg, Rev., of Barrington, R. L, s. of William and Anne
(Weed) Heath, b. in Roxbury, July 26, 1700 ; m. (1) Sarah Richmond,
Nov. 19, 1730, (2) Bethiah Peck, Aug. 26, 1740, (3) Jerusha Peck,
Dec. 8, 1743 ; d. Oct. 5, 1748.
Diary : Nov. 13, 1728 - 1740. A personal record of church matters
including list of members, marriages performed by him, &c. Many
pages have been cut out.
MS. owned by Congregational Church, Barrington; given to it by
the daughters of Mr. Wilmarth Heath. Unpublished.
Heath, William, Gen., of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Payson) Heath, b. in Roxbury, Mar. 2, 1737 ; m. Apr. 10,
1759, Sarah Learned of Cambridge ; d. Jan. 24, 1814.
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Diary: June 29, 1775 -Nov. 25, 1803. "A daily journal of occur-
rences through nearly the whole of the late American war."
"It is one of the most valuable of the contemporary narratives of
the Revolution."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in "Memoirs of Major
Gen. William Heath," Boston, 1798 and in New York, 1904.
Hempstead, Joshua, of New London, Conn., s. of Joshua and
Elizabeth (Larrabee) Hempstead, b. Sept. 1, 1678, New London ; m.
about 1696/7, Abigail Bailey ; d. Dec. 22, 1758.
Diary: Sept. 8, 1711 - Nov. 3, 1758. In four volumes. "Containing
valuable genealogical data relating to many New London families ;
references to the colonial wars, to the shipping and other matters of
interest pertaining to the town and the times."
"While the diary is valuable to the investigator of the colonial
period for the prices of wages and merchandize of every description,
records of births, marriages and deaths, and an infinite variety of
subjects, it is Hempstead's faculty of coupling such entries with brief
notices of current events and town topics which places such a high
value upon the Diary to those searching for missing record entries."
MSS. 1st and 4th vols, owned by New London County Hist. Soc.
Published in their Proceedings Prov. 1901, Vol. 1. Vols. 2 and 3 by
Mrs. John L. Brauch, New London.
Henderson, James, of Rutland, Mass., s. of James and Sarah
(Harper) Henderson of Concord, Mass., b. Sept. 22, 1737 ; m. Jan. 19,
1758, Rachel MacFarland.
Diary : May 28, 1758 - Dec. 3, 1759. A soldier's journal of a march
from Rutland to Ticonderoga. Accounts of executions, accidents,
skirmishes and other interesting details of his life, has a long descrip-
tion of the French fort at Ticonderoga. Lists of deaths in the
company.
MS. copv owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc; given by L. K. Haddock
of Buffalo, N. Y.
Henfield, Joseph, of Salem, Mass., s. of Edmund and Lydia
(Hardy) Henfield, b. Aug. 25, 1743 ; m. Feb. 20, 1780, Anna Mans-
field ; d. Mar. 17, 1809.
Diary : 1760 - 1800. Interleaved almanacs. "A complete account
of the winds, tides, approach of fish to our shores and many useful
dates in the history of Salem." "He gave them with reluctance from
the private notes contained in them." Also vital statistics.
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MS. acquired by Rev. Wm. Bentley, Apr. 23, 1800. Part copied
into B. F. Browne's Mem. Book owned by Essex Inst. Extracts
- published in "Bentley's Diary," Vol. II, p. 333. Also in "Annals of
Salem," Felt, pp. 108 and 138.
• Hendricks, William, Capt., of Harrisburg, Pa., b. in Cumberland
Co., Pa. at the place long known as Tobias Hendricks, near Oyster
Pt., two miles from Harrisburg ; d. at Quebec, Jan. 1, 1776.
Diary : July 13- Dec. 31, 1775. "Journal of the march of a Party
of Provincials from Carlisle to Boston and from thence to Quebec,
with an account of the attack on Quebec December 31, 1775."
They were encamped for several months at Cambridge which they
reached August 8.
MS. published at Glasgow in 1776 and also in Penn. Archives, Ser.
II, Vol. XV.
Henry, John Joseph, of Lancaster, Pa., s. of William and Anna
Henry, b. at Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 4, 1758; m. Chalmers; d.
Apr. 15, 1811.
Diary: Sept. 11, 1775 -Sept. 22, 1776. On Arnold's campaign.
"The narrative of Henry is the only one giving an account of the
pioneer expedition of his party to discover the source of the Chaudiere
River." Rather long entries probably written out from notes, full of
descriptions of the events of each day, anecdotes of his companions,
military maneuvres, the jail at Quebec, &c.
"It's detailed principally from my own memory assisted by the
notes of Gen'l Meigs and Wm. McCoy."— Letter of J. J. Henry in 1808.
MS. owned by Mr. Charles Allen Munn. Published at Lancaster,
Pa., by Wm. Green, in 1812 ; at Watertown, N. Y., by Knowlton &
Rice, in 1844; at Albany, by Munsell, in 1877. Also in Penn. Archives,
Ser. II, Vol. XV.
Henshaw, Ruth, of Leicester, Mass., dau. of Col. William and
Phebe (Swan) Henshaw, b. Dec. 15, 1772 ; m. (1) Feb. 14, 1804, Dr.
Asa Miles of Westminster, (2) Feb. 26, 1806, Rev. Ezekiel L. Bascom
of Gerry ; d. Feb. 19, 1847.
Diary : 1789- 1846, with the years missing of 1795, 1798, and
others in the nineteenth century. Daily occupation, calls, visits,
weather, neighbors and their doings. Seven months visit to Norfolk,
Va., with incidents of journey there and back by stage and water.
"The entries are daily records and give first the condition of
weather, then the ordinary routine of household work, births, mar-
riages and deaths in the town, who visited the family, in fact every
little item of news that came up." P. T. Denny.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MS. owned by Mrs. Parkman T. Denny, Esq. of Leicester. Un-
published.
Henshaw, William, Col., of Leicester, Mass., s. of Daniel and
Elizabeth (Bass) Henshaw, b. in Boston, Sept. 20, 1735 ; m. (1) Feb.
4, 1762, Ruth Sargent, (2) Sept. 12, 1771, Phebe Swan ; d. Feb. 21,
1820.
Diary: (1) May 9 -Nov. 28, 1759, with later notes to 1773. Kept
with his orderly book on an expedition to Albany, Fort Edward and
Crown Point. He was in Capt. Jeduthan Baldwin's regiment.
Diary : (2) May 10 - Nov. 4, 1759. A pocket diary kept on the trip
to Fort Edward and while stationed there.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Published in their Transac-
tions, Vol. XI, p. 185. (2) owned by Worcester Hist. Soc. Published
in Pro. of Wore. Soc. of Antiquity, Vol. XXV, p. 46.
Herbert, Charles, of Newburyport, Mass., s. of John and Jane
(Pierce) Herbert, b. Nov. 17, 1757 ; m. Nov. 8, 1783, Molly Butler of
Newburyport ; d. Sept. 4, 1808.
Diary: Jan. 15, 1777 -Aug. 23, 1780. A journal of Mill Prison.
"The reader will find the Journal free from all appearances of design
or effort ; it is perfectly natural ; what is seen and heard is recorded
with hardly a note or comment from first to last ; through their
medium we are conducted through the hold of the prison ship and
witness the privations and sufferings of the hapless victims; the
prison hospital is thrown open to our inspection, not as transient
visitors but as witnesses of the daily occurrences."
There is given a list of prisoners in Mill prison. The last part,
after his release, is a journal of his experience on his return home
under the command of John Paul Jones.
MS. published in "A Relic of the Revolution," Boston, 1847.
Herrick, Israel, Capt., of Topsfield, Mass., s. of Benjamin and
Lydia (Hayward) Herrick, b. Dec. 3, 1721 ; m. (1) Mary Bragg, (2)
Abigail Kyllam, June 22, 1749 ; d. in Lewiston, Me., Sept. 14, 1782.
Diary : May 12 - July 30, 1737. A scouting expedition between the
Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, folio 257. Published in
Maine Hist. Soc. Coll. II ser. Vol. 2, p. 219.
Heywood, William, Col., of Charlestown, N. H., s. of Eleazar and
Azubah ( ) Heywood, b. in Rutland, Mass., July 28, 1728 ; m. (1)
Lydia Hastings of Hatfield before 1753 ; (2) Joanna Wetherbee of
Lunenburg, Dec. 19, 1763 ; d. Feb. 4, 1803.
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Diary: July 27, 1746- Apr. 1, 1751 (dates of extracts). He was in
the company of Capt. Eliphalet Leonard of Easton. Marches through
Deerneld to Fort Dummer, and No. 4. He gives a "minute account
of all their marches and of all they did from day to day." Mentions,
Apr. 1, 1751, the release of some of the captives freed through his
efforts and those of Capt. Phineas Stevens. Goes to Canada and Fort
Massachusetts.
MS. extracts published in "History of Charlestown," Saunderson.
Hickling, Catharine Greene, of Boston, Mass., dau. of Thomas
and ( ) Hickling, m. Dec. 18, 1793, William Prescott, Jr. ; d.
May 17, 1852 aged about 85.
Diary: Jan. 21, 1786 - Sept. 30,1789. Begins with a trip from
Boston to the Azores where her father was consul, in the sloop Pil-
grim, Capt. Dexter. She then goes to England, describes her life
there, entertainments, theatre, &c. Also of her trip back to Boston.
MS. owned by Mr. Roger Wolcott of Boston. Deposited with
Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Hicks, Elias, Rev., of Jericho, N. Y., s. of John and Martha
( ) Hicks, b. Mar. 19, 1748, in Hempstead, L. I. ; m. Jan. 2, 1771,
Jemima Seaman of Jericho ; d. Feb. 27, 1830.
Dia?y : Sept. 9, 1779 - Nov. 14, 1829 with a few narratives of earlier
date. Of trips he made to Conn., Massachusetts, Rhode Island in
1793, 1799 and again in 1816, besides those to the western and southern
states. Mentions the places where he lodged and held meetings.
MS. owned in 1832 by his "connections." Published in "Journal
of Life and Religious Labours of Elias Hicks," New York, 1832.
Hildreth, Micah, Lieut., of Dracut, Mass., s. of Gen. Wm. and
Tabitha (Coburn) Hildreth, b. May 4, 1749; m. July 1, 1775, Sibyl
Coburn ; d. Sept. 15, 1826.
Diary : Aug. 12 - Oct. 10, 1776. Of his march to Ticonderoga and
his stay there.
MS. published in "Hist, of Dracut," Coburn, p. 147.
Hill, James, of Kittery, Me., s. of Benjamin and Mary (Neal) Hill,
b. Dec. 20, 1734; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1761, Sarah Coffin, (2) 1774, Mrs.
Sarah (Hoyt) Burleigh.
Diary : kept when he was an officer in the French and Indian wars.
MS. cited in "John Hill of Dover," Lapham, 1889, p. 13, and in
.."Hist, of Kittery," Stackpole, p. 520.
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Hill, John, Gen., of England.
Diary: June 25 - July 29, 1711. He was in Adm. Hovenden's ex-
pedition to Canada, commences when the ships are at anchor in Nan-
tasket Bay, where various N. E. dignitaries visit them and receive
them in their homes ; search for concealed provisions in Boston. On
July 4 he attends the Harvard Commencement. Most of the time
they are getting supplies for the troops in Canada and were to sail
the day after the diary ends. Long and interesting entries.
MS. owned in Public Rec. Office, London. Transcript by Mass.
Hist. Soc. in F. L. Gay papers.
Hills, Samuel, of Wrentham, Mass., and Union, Me., b. at Paw-
tucket, R. I., Feb. 14, 1760 ; m. Mar. 2, 1786, Abigail Child of Upton,
Mass. ; d. Aug. 5, 1829.
Diary: 1797-1828. "Made copious notes during his lifetime re-
specting nearly all the important events in town." Many have been
destroyed.
MSS. Eight almanacs from 1821 to 1828 are owned by Mr. Warren
Hills of Union. Cited in "Hist, of Union," p. 8.
Hilton, Winthrop, Major, of Dover, N. H., s. of Edward and Ann
(Dudley) Hilton, b. 1671 ; m. Anne Wilson ; d. June 23, 1710.
Diary: Feb. 9 -Feb. 23, 1703/4. "Journal of the March and Pro-
ceedings with the Forces under my Command lately sent forth agYt
the Indian Enemy and Rebels." To Saco River and back.
MS. copy owned by Mr. James Phinney Baxter, Portland, Me. In
Baxter MSS. Published in Coll. Me. Hist. Soc. Doc. Hist. Vol. II,
Ser. I, p. 140.
Hinsdale, Theodore, Rev., of Hinsdale, Mass., s. ofCapt. John
and Elizabeth (Cole) Hinsdale, b. Nov. 25, 1738 in Berlin, Conn. ; m.
July 14, 1768, Ann Bissell of Dalton ; d. Dec. 28, 1818.
Diary : May 18, 1795- Jan. 1, 1797. Valuable for his interest in es-
tablishing the church and naming the town.
MS. extracts published in Hinsdale, in "Hist, of Berkshire Co.," by
Rev. A. B. Whipple, p. 82, N. Y. 1885.
Hitchcock, Enos, Dr., of Providence, R. I., Chaplain in Col. Lear-
ned's Reg. and later in Gen. Patterson's, s. of Peletiah and Sarah
(Parsons) Hitchcock, b. in Springfield, Mass., Mar. 7, 1744 ; m. Mrs.
Achsah (Upham) Jordan of Truro, Jan. 13, 1771 ; d. Feb. 26, 1803.
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Diary : 1777, '79, '80, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, *88, '89, 1790, '91, '95,
'97, '98, '99 1800, 1801. Interleaved almanacs. Everyday social af-
fairs, vital statistics, &c. Also a small blank book containing mar-
riages and deaths for 1776, 1778 and 1779.
While chaplain he went through western Massachusetts to Ticon-
deroga. He was at Stillwater, the battle of Saratoga and the sur-
render of Burgoyne. He came back part of the way with Burgoyne.
He tells in his trips, of the places where he stopped, the things he
had to eat, the people he met and the events of the war in his own
vicinity and as the news came to him from other places.
H MSS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Published, 1777 to 1780,
in R. I. Hist. Soc. Coll., VII, 1899.
Hitchcock, Gad, Rev., of Pembroke, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock, b. Feb. 12, 1719 at Springfield, Mass. ; m.
Dec. 22, 1748, Dorothy Angier of Cambridge ; d. Aug. 8, 1803.
Diary: Oct. 9, 1748- June 8, 1800. A private list of baptisms in
the Second Church of Christ in Pembroke (now Hanson).
MS. owned in 1895 by Calvin T. Phillips. Published in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., Vol. 49, p. 286 to Vol. 50, p. 317.
Hix, Daniel, Elder, of Dartmouth, Mass., s. of Elder John and
Hannah (Galusha) Hix, b. in Rehoboth, Mass., Nov. 30, 1755 ; m.
Mary Kilton, Mar. 2, 1777; d. Mar. 22, 1838.
Diary : 1773 - 1832. Personal matters, preaching tours, revivals,
many baptisms. Also lists of marriages. He was in Rehoboth,
Middleborough, New Bedford, Rochester, Taunton, Westport and
other towns.
MS. owned in 1880 by Mrs. Rachel Davis of Westport. Extracts
- in a "Sketch of Elder Daniel Hix," by S. M. Andrews, New Bedford,
1880.
Hobart, David, of Hingham, Mass., s. of Rev. Peter and Rebecca
(Ibrook) Hobart, bapt. Aug. 18, 1651 ; m. (1) Joanna Quincy, (2)
Dec. 4, 1695, Sarah Joyce of Boston ; d. Aug. 21, 1717.
Diary : Mar. 19, 1678/9 to Feb. 1716/7, continued to May 31, 1740
by his son the Rev. Nehemiah Hobart. This is a continuation of his
father's diary, deaths, ordinations, fires, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in "Diary of Rev. Wm.
Bentley," Vol. Ill, p. 284.
Hobart, Nehemiah, Rev., of Hingham and Cohasset, Mass., s.
of David and Sarah (Joyce) Hobart, b. in Hingham, Apr. 27, 1697 ;
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m. (1) Jan. 14, 1724/5 Lydia Jacob, (2) Apr. 5, 1739, Elizabeth Pratt ;
d. May 31, 1740.
Diary : 1721 - 1732, with later entries to Dec. 13, 1746. Principal-
ly a minister's record of births, marriages and deaths with some mis-
cellaneous entries.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Hobart, Peter, Rev., of Hingham, Mass., s. of Edmund and Mar-
garet (Dewey) Hobart, b. in England, Oct. 13, 1604 ; m. (2) July 3,
1646, Rebecca Ibrook ; d. Jan. 20, 1678/9.
Diary: June 8, 1635 - Dec. 1678. A record of births, marriages
and deaths ; some war items, massacres, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Copy by Boston Public Library.
Pub. in "Bentley's Diary," Vol. Ill, p. 282.
Holden, David, of Groton, Mass. and Hollis, N. H., First Sergeant
in Capt. Leonard Whiting's Company, s. of John and Sarah (Davis)
Holden, b. at Groton, Mass., Dec. 10, 1738 ; m. July 13, 1761, Sarah
Hemenway of Townsend ; d. at Hollis, N. H., Aug. 8, 1803.
Diary : Feb. 20, 1760 - Nov. 1, 1760. A journal kept during the
latter part of the French and Indian war. "David Holden his Booke
If I it Loose and you it Find Restore It me for it is mine 1760." "A
Journal of what was Transacted In the Expedition for the Total Re-
duction of Canada in the year A. D. 1760.
MS. owned by Massachusetts Historical Society. Published in
Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., June, 1889, p. 385. Also with notes, Cambridge, -
1889, edited by Dr. S. A. Green. Also in "Three Military Diaries,"
by Green.
Holland, Park, of Petersham, Mass., s. of Jonas and Bathsheba
(Ivory) Holland ; b. in Shrewsbury, Nov. 19, 1752 ; m. Jan. 8, 1785,
Lucy Spooner ; d. in Bangor, May 21, 1844.
Diary: 1784, 1794 and several years later. Three small volumes.
Vol. I is in the form of an autobiographical letter covering his life
until the end of the Revolution.
Vol. II includes his survey of the Passamaquoddy in 1784, his ex-
periences in Shay's Rebellion in 1787, and his visit to the Penobscot
in 1793.
Vol. Ill is more of a daily journal with account of the work he did
from day to day.
These volumes were written by his daughter from journals made
by him and in many cases are clearly a copy from day to day of ori-
ginal journals. It is supposed that the originals are not now in ex-
istence.
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MSS. owned by Bangor Hist. Soc. Cited in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro.,
Feb. 1882, p. 242, under the name of B. I. Holland.
Holman, Jonathan, Colonel, of Sutton, Mass., s. of Solomon
and Mercy (Waters) Holman, b. Aug. 13, 1732 ; m. (1) Hannah Sibley
Nov. 3, 1763, (2) Susan Trask, July 10, 1783 ; d. Feb. 25, 1814.
Diary : May 26 - Dec. 3, 1759 with accounts for many years after ;
one entry as late as 1775. A diary of the expedition of his company
from Worcester to Fort Edward and Ticonderoga. It contains lists
of the members of the company, Capt. Learned's Company in Col.
Abijah Willard's regiment.
MS. owned by Mrs. Henry A. Phillips, Millbury, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Holmes, Abiel, Rev., of Woodstock, Conn, and Midway, Ga., s.
of David and Temperance (Bishop) Holmes, b. Dec. 24, 1763 ; m. (1)
Mary Stiles, Aug. 29, 1790, (2) Sarah Wendell of Boston, Mar. 26,
1801 ; d. at Cambridge, June 4, 1837.
Diary: Dec. 14, 1787 -Oct. 13, 1794. A record of weather, temp-
erature and wind. He had a thermometer called a thermometrical
register. Kept at Midway in Georgia.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Holmes, David, Dr., of Woodstock, Conn., s. of David and Bath-
sheba (Sanford) Holmes, b. in Woodstock, Aug. 11, 1721 ; m. (1)
Mehitable Mayhew, (2) Nov. 12, 1761, Mrs. Temperance (Lothrop)
Bishop ; d. Mar. 19, 1779.
Diary : June 4, 1758 - May 12, 1759. A diary kept at Lake George
and Fort Edward until July 14, 1758, followed by entries of accounts
with his company and receipt of payments.
MS. owned by Chief Justice O. W. Holmes, Washington. Cited in
"American Annals," by Rev. Abiel Holmes.
Holroyd, Joseph T., of Providence ? R. I., s. of William and Sarah
(Tillinghast) Holroyd, b. Aug. 1, 1776.
Diary: 1770, 1782, 1786, 1789, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1810. In-
terleaved almanacs. Largely of the sailing and arrival of ships, lists
of his tenants, &c.
MSS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Holt, Joseph, of Wilton, N. H., s. of Timothy and Rhoda (Chandler)
Holt of Wilton, b. Feb. 14, 1718 ; m. (1) Jan. 17, 1745, Dolly Johnson,
(2) Apr. 10, 1755, Mrs. Mary Russell ; d. at Weston, 1789.
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Diary : (1) May 24, 1758 - Oct. 22, 1758. "A journal of the march
of Capt. Ebenezer Jones' Co., in the Expedition to Canada."
Diary : (2) June 14 - July 1, 1676. This journal must have been
kept by an older man although these two are called "Journals of
Joseph Holt." It is the journal of a Penobscot voyage.
MSS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1856.
Holten, Samuel, Dr., member of Continental Congress from
Danvers, s. of Samuel and Hannah Holten, b. in Danvers, June 9,
1738 ; m. (1) Mary Warner of Gloucester, int., Mar. 4, 1758, (2) Mrs.
Mary Kettle, Oct. 6, 1763 ; d. Jan. 2, 1816.
Diary: May 1, 1778 -Aug. 23, 1780. The doings of Congress,
social matters and general news.
MS. 1778-1779, owned by Danvers Historical Society. Extracts
published in Mass. Hist. Pro., Feb. 1896, also in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll.,
July 1919-April 1920.
Holyoke, Edward, Pres., of Marblehead and Cambridge, Mass.,
s. of Elizur and Mary (Elliott) Holyoke, b. June 26, 1689; m. (1) Aug.
8, 1717, Elizabeth Browne of Marblehead, (2) Nov. 9, 1725, Margaret
Appleton of Ipswich, (3) Mar. 17, 1742, Mrs. Mary (Whipple) Epes of
Ipswich ; d. June 1, 1769.
Diary : (1) Apr. 25, 1709 - Dec. 25, 1765. Contained in sixty inter-
leaved almamacs. The entries generally are of a line-a-day and are
very concise.
Diary : (2) Almanac for 1715. There are many vital statistics,
town and personal matters. He and his son also kept daily meteoro-
logical records which are not printed.
MSS. (1) owned by Mr. Andrew Nichols of Hathorne, Mass., (2)
by Harvard College Library. Published in the "Holyoke Diaries,"
edited by George Francis Dow, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1911 .
Holyoke, Edward Augustus, M. D., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of
Edward and Margaret (Appleton) Holyoke, b. in Marblehead, Aug. 1,
1728; m. (1) June 1, 1755, Judith Pickman, (2) Nov. 22, 1759, Mary
Vial of Boston ; d. in Salem, Mar. 31, 1829, aged one hundred years
and eight months.
Diary: 1742, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1747. Interleaved almanacs.
"Nearly one half of the entries are in shorthand and have not been
deciphered." He was, most of the time during which these diaries
were kept, a student at Harvard. In 1746, taught school at Lex-
ington.
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155
MSS. owned by Harvard College Library, given by Joshua Ward of
Salem and Fred. L. Gay of Brookline. Published in the "Holyoke
Diaries," Essex Institute, 1911.
Holyoke, Elizabeth, of Salem, Mass., dau. of Edward Augustus
and Mary (Vial) Holyoke, b. Sept. 11, 1771 ; unmarried ; d. Mar. 26,
1789.
Diary : 1785 - 1786. Two interleaved almanacs, of the same gen-
eral character as her mother's.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. A few entries published in
the "Holyoke Diaries," Essex Institute, Salem, 1911.
Holyoke, John, of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Edward and Margaret
(Appleton) Holyoke, b. Feb, 18, 1734 ; unmarried ; d. Dec. 30, 1753.
Diary : Jan. 7 - Dec. 9, 1748. Short entries of his daily doings and
studies at Harvard College.
MS. owned by Library of Harvard College. Published in "Holyoke
Diaries," Essex Institute, Salem, 1911.
Holyoke, Margaret, of Salem, Mass., dau. of Edward Augustus
and Mary (Vial) Holyoke, b. Mar. 4, 1763 ; unmarried ; d. Jan. 25,
1825.
Diary: 1774-1823. Similar in character to that of her mother.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Much of it published in
"Holyoke Diaries," Essex Institute, Salem, 1911.
Holyoke, Mary (Vial), Mrs., dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Simp-
son) Vial, b. Dec. 19, 1737 ; m. Nov. 22, 1759, Edward Augustus
Holyoke, M. D., d. Apr. 15, 1802.
Diary : Jan. 2, 1760 - Dec. 15, 1799. "Little more than a record of
calls, guests at dinner, and attendance at meetings. Interspersed
however are valuable memoranda of births, marriages and deaths
and not infrequently entries having historical significance and well
worthy of preservation."
MSS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Published in condensed
form in "Holyoke Diaries," Essex Institute, Salem, 1911.
Holyoke, Priscilla, of Salem and Cambridge, Mass., dau. of
Edward and Margaret (Appleton) Holyoke, b. July 29, 1739; m. July
17, 1780, Rev. Eliphalet Pearson ; d. Mar. 29, 1782.
Diary: 1766. Interleaved almanac. Personal doings, deaths, social
events, with some accounts.
MS. owned by Mr. S. L. Munson, Albany, N. Y. Unpublished.
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Homes, William, Rev., of Chilmark, Mass., b. in the north of Ire-
land in 1663; m. Katharine Crayhead of Londonderry, Sept. 21,
1693 ; d. June 27, 1746, buried in Chilmark.
Diary : (1) 1689 - 1746. 'The greater portion of the diary is made
up of weekly entries dated Lords Day detailing his texts and ser-
mons." They are "usually followed by some note of a death, re-
markable providence, birth, baptism, admission to church member-
ship, state of weather or some such kindred items." — C. E. Banks.
List of marriages and deaths in Chilmark.
Diary: (2) Aug. 11, 1703 -June 22, 1746. A list of remarkable
providences.
MSS. owned by Maine Historical Society, copy by the N. E. Hist.
Gen. Soc. Extracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1894, also
Oct. 1895.
Hopkins, Esther Edwards, of East Windsor, Conn., dau. of Tim-
othy and Esther (Stoddard) Edwards, b. Aug. 6, 1695 ; m. June 28,
1727, Rev. Samuel Hopkins of West Springfield ; d. June 16, 1766.
Diary: July 23, 1723-1741 with possibly later entries. "Religious,
introspective, a melancholy picture of a Godfearing life in its worse
aspects. Scarcely a word apart from soul and God, faith, &c."
MS. owned by Miss S. A. Hopkins, Northampton, Mass. A few
extracts published in the "Edwards Family."
Hopkins, Samuel, Dr., of Great Barrington, Mass. and Newport,
R. L, s. of Timothy and Mary (Judd) Hopkins, b. in Waterbury, Sept.
17, 1721 ; m. (1) Joanna Ingersoll of Great Barrington, Jan. 13, 1748,
(2) Elizabeth West of Newport, Sept. 16, 1794; d. Dec. 20, 1803.
Diary : 1740 - 1800. "It was obviously designed to be private, for
he records many events which he would not wish to let his best
friends know. . . . And yet through the entire journal (so far forth
as it is now preserved and has been perused by the present biograph-
er) there is not to be found one disclosure which could in any degree
sully the fair name of Hopkins. Even its most secret records are per-
fectly honorable to his character. It is written with carelessness, it
exposes the great divine in his deshabille but is a far nobler monu-
ment to his virtue than is his Autobiography." A large part was
written in cypher.
MS. extracts published in "The Works of Samuel Hopkins, D. D."
by E. A. Park, Boston, 1854. Also in "Life of Samuel Hopkins,"
Hartford, 1805.
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Horton, Samuel, of Newbury port, Mass., s. of Makepeace and
Joanna (Coffin) Horton, bapt. Sept. 12, 1731 ; m. May 25, 1778, Sarah
Webster; d. Feb. 9, 1808.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1772 - Apr. 6, 1781. Short entries. About the build-
ing and sailing of ships.
MS. owned by Eben Bradbury, Esq. of Newburyport. Extracts
published in Essex Hist. Coll., Vol. 43, p. 285.
Hotchkiss, Gideon, Capt., of Waterbury, Conn., s. of Stephen
Hotchkiss, b. Dec. 5, 1716 ; m. (1) Anna Brocket, June 16, 1737, (2)
Mabel Stiles, Feb. 22, 1763 ; d. Sept. 3, 1807.
Diary : 1782, 1784, perhaps more. An account book with items of
events which happened in the town.
MS. quoted in "History of Waterbury," 1896.
Hovey, Ivory, Rev., of Rochester and Mattapoisett, Mass., s. of
Ivory and Anne (Pingree) Hovey, b. in Topsfield, Mass., Julv 3, 1714 ;
m. Feb. 8, 1739, Olive Jordan of Biddeford, Me. ; d. Nov. 4, 1803.
Diary: 1738:1803. Written usually in shorthand, in nine octavo
volumes, aggregating 7000 pages ; many of the entries refer to his
spiritual and physical condition. "For sixty-five years before his
death he kept a journal, in which those things designed for his own
particular use were penned."
MSS. an autobiographical sketch made from the diary, published
in Piscataqua Evan. Mag., Vol. Ill, p. 144. Cited in the "Hovev
Book," Hovey.
Hovey, John, Rev., of Kennebunkport, Maine, s. of John and
Abigal (Watson) Hovey, b. at Cambridge, Mass., June 12, 1707 ; m.
(1) Elizabeth Mussey of Cambridge, (2) Susannah Swett of York ; d.
at Biddeford, Maine, 1773.
Diary : 1746 - 1751. "He kept a diary from the time of his settle-
ment till his death but unfortunately much the larger part of it has
been lost. He noted every event, the state of the weather, business,
politics, news, births, deaths, marriages, affairs of the town and mat-
ters relating to the church." Much local news, the launching of
boats, accidents, Indian alarms, &c.
MS. quoted in "History of Kennebunkport," by Chas. Bradbury,
1837.
How, David, of Methuen, Mass., s. of Dea. James and Jemima
(Farnham) How, b. Oct. 16, 1756 ; m. (1) May 18, 1780, Persis Whit-
tier of Methuen, (2) Dec. 9, 1787, Betsey Reddington of Haverhill,
(3) Nov. 15, 1803, Sarah White of Haverhill ; d. Jan. 10, 1842.
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Diary: (1) Dec. 27, 1775- Jan. 15, 1777. He was a private in Col.
Paul Dudley's Co. Was at the siege of Boston and in the battles of
Harlem Heights, Trenton and White Plains. It tells "of camp life in
the earlier period of the war of the Revolution, its dickerings in
trade, and its social visits, its fatigues, and its escort duties, its ser-
mons and its penalties, its rumors and its realities."
Diary : (2) Sept. 29 - Nov. 7, 1777. Of a march through Williams-
town, Saratoga to Fort Edward and back through Brookfield and
Weston to Methuen.
MSS. both owned by Mr. George W. Chase. Published in Mor-
risania, N. Y., 1865.
How, Nehemiah, of Putney, Vt, s. of Samuel and Mrs. Sarah
(Leavitt) (Clapp) How, b. in Marlborough, 1693 ; m. Margaret Wil-
lard ; d. in the Hospital at Quebec, May 25, 1747.
Diary : Oct. 11, 1745 - May 19, 1747. "A narrative of the Cap-
tivity of Nehemiah How, who was taken by the Indians at the Great
Meadow Fight above Fort Dummer where he was an inhabitant
October 11, 1745. Giving an account of what he met with in his
travelling to Canada and while he was in Prison there. Together
writh an account of Mr. How's Death at Canada."
MS. published in 1748, and reprinted by Drake in his "Indian
Captivities." Also reprinted in book form by Victor Hugo Paltsits,
N. Y., 1904.
Howard, Samuel, Dea., of Temple, N. H., s. of Samuel and Eliz-
abeth Howard, b. in Maiden, Oct. 5, 1739 ; m. Elizabeth Barrett,
Dec. 3, 1762; d. Feb. 11, 1815.
Diary: 1770-1777 (dates of extracts). Part of it kept on a march
to Ticonderoga. Personal and town matters.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Temple," pp. Ill - 2 and 96.
Howe, John, a British soldier.
Diary : Apr. 5, 1775 - Apr. 19, 1775. Kept while he was employed
as a British spy during the Revolution. "A curiously accurate
journal." Gives his adventures in Worcester, Cambridge, Bedford,
Charlestown, &c. It gives "a vivid picture of the state of feeling
that existed in this county (Middlesex), and of the habits of the offi-
cers in Boston."
MS. copy owned by New Hampshire Hist. Soc, Concord, N. H.,
1827. Published in "History of Middlesex Co.," by D. H. Hurd, 1890, -
Vol. II, p. 579.
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159
Howe, William, Sir., of Nottingham, England, b. in England,
Aug. 10, 1729; d. July 12, 1814.
Diary : 1777. "Journal of the proceedings of the Army under the
command of Sir William Howe in the year 1777." The first part is
more of a narrative, apparently written from notes kept at the time,
as dates are carefully given and movements from day to day. In-
cludes the battle of Brandywine. Later there are almost daily
entries. It is illustrated with pen and ink drawings.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library. Unpublished.
Howes, Lot, of Yarmouth, Mass., s. of Prince and Dorcas (Joyce)
Howes, b. Sept. 24, 1703 ; m. Thankful Smith, Mar. 9, 1743 ; d. July
1, 1791.
Diary: Apr. 21, 1755 - Oct. 18, 1773. More of an account book
than diary with some diary entries.
MS. owned by Mr. William O. Howes, Oak Hill, Florida. Type
written copy by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Howes, Prince, of Nobscussett (in Dennis), Mass., s. of Jeremiah
and Sarah (Prince) Howes of Yarmouth, Mass., m. Dorcas Joyce,
Aug. 8, 1695 ; d. Oct. 2, 1753 in his 84th year.
Diary : almanac of 1706 with entries for other years. Largely of
farm notes, sales of oxen, sheep, corn. Mentions many names. Is
more of an account book.
MS. owned by Mr. William O. Howes, Oak Hill, Florida. Type
written copy by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Howland, Daniel, of East Greenwich, R. I., s. of Daniel and Mary
(Sampson) Howland, b. Feb. 7, 1724 in Tiverton, R. I. ; m. Feb. 10,
1744, Philadelphia Brownell.
Diary: July 5, 1740 -Nov. 18, 1755. Some personal matters,
records of the doings of his neighbors and the progress of the seasons.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of East Greenwich," Greene, Prov.,
1877. Also in "Howlands of America," Howland, New Bedford, 1885,
p. 113.
Hoyt, Epaphras, Gen., of Deerfield, Mass., s. of David and Mercy
(Sheldon) Hoyt, b. June 11, 1751 ; m. Nov. 4, 1792, Experience Har-
vey ; d. Feb. 8, 1850.
Diary : (1) July 17 - Aug. 19, 1790. "A trip to New York by boat
starting at Cheapside near Greenfield, Mass., changing to a sloop at
Hartford. Description of old New York, &c." Goes to Philadelphia
and Washington.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary: (2) 1790 and June 1834 - Feb. 3, 1850. Several short
diaries of various trips he made and a long diary covering about 1500
pages, closely written. This contains a complete registry of the
weather, current events, inventions, comments on politics and local
affairs.
MSS. (1) owned by Miss H. Isabel Williams, Northampton, Mass.
(1) by Mr. Chas. A. Hoyt, Templeton, Mass.
Hubbard, Joshua, of Eliot, Me., s. of Moses and Abigail (Heard)
Hubbard, b. about 1744 ; m. June 7, 1770, Dorcas Shapleigh ; d. Apr.
21, 1807.
Diary : Feb. 5, 1771 - Sept. 4, 1779. "Minute books of his legal
work, farming accounts, journeys to Boston where he went as repre-
sentative, &c.
MS. extracts published in "Old Eliot," Vol. VIII, p. 22.
Hubbard, Samuel, of Newport, R. I., s. of James and Naomi
(Cocke) Hubbard, b. in England, 1610 ; m. Jan. 4, 1636, Tase Cooper ;
d. 1689.
Diary : 1641, 1688. "Interesting details about life in Newport,
especially about local church history."
MS. The original is lost. A book of MS. extracts made by Rev.
Isaac Backus, is owned by R. I. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in
Mag. of N. E. History, Vols. I and II.
Hull, Henry, of Stamford, N. Y., s. of Tiddeman and Elizabeth
(Franklin) Hull, b. Mar. 16, 1765 at Harrison's Purchase, N. Y. ; m.
(1) 1785 Sarah Hallock, (2) 1814, Sarah Cooper of Coopers Point,
N. J. ; d. Sept. 23, 1834 at Stillwater, Ohio.
Diary : Mar. 16, 1786 - 1833. The extracts from the diary are em-
bodied in an autobiographal sketch, of his religious experiences, his
travels, &c. He goes to Conn, in 1793 and in 1794 to the yearly
meeting at Newport and to Mass., N. H. and Maine. He was a
Quaker.
MS. extracts in "Friend's Library," Vol. IV, p. 233.
Hull, John, of Boston, s. of Robert and Elizabeth (Storer) Hull,
b. in England, Dec. 18, 1624 ; m. May 11, 1647, Judith Quincy ; d.
Oct. 1, 1683.
Diary: (1) 1647 -May 24, 1682. "Some passages of God's Provi-
dence about myself and in relation to myself. Penned down that I
may be more mindful of and thankful for all God's dispensations to-
wards me."
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161
Diary : (2) 1634 - Sept. 20, 1681. "Some observable passages of
Providence toward the Country and specially in these parts of Massa-
chusetts."
Diary : (3) Sept. 1672 - July, 1677. Commonplace books containing
notes of sermons.
Diary: (4) June 25, 1675 - Sept. 23, 1676. "A journal appertaining
to the colony of the Mattachusetts relating to their military affairs.
In which also is begun the 19th day of May following and inter-
mixed, the whole accompts of this Government."
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (2) owned by Am. Antiq.
Soc. These two were published in their Transactions, Vol. Ill, p.
141. (3) owned by Boston Public Library. (4) owned by N. E. Hist.
Gen. Soc.
Hull, Joseph, of Jamestown, R. I., s. of Capt. John and Alice (Ted-
deman) Hull, b. Mar. 6, 1701 ; d. Oct. 1, 1772.
Diary: Sept. 2 -Oct. 18, 1724. A journey through Connecticut to
New York, dines with the Governor and with others. Short entries.
A Quaker.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Humphrey, William, of Providence, R. I. Lieutenant in Simeon
Thayer's Co., s. of John, Jr. and Martha (Walker) Humphrey, b. in
Rehoboth, 1752 ; m. Dec. 4, 1783, Lydia Munro of Rehoboth ; d. in
Tiverton, R. I., July 1, 1832.
Diary : Sept. 9, 1775 - Aug 1, 1776.? Of Arnold's march to Quebec.
Supposed to be the basis of Thayer's and Topham's diaries. It is
written in a rougher style but is very similar.
MS. owned by Mr. George Humphrey, 62 Lloyd Ave., Providence.
Unpublished.
Hunt, Ebenezer, Dea., of Northampton, Mass., s. of Ebenezer
and Hannah (Clark) Hunt of Lebanon, Conn., b. Aug. 28, 1703 ; m.
Elizabeth King, Dec. 9, 1730; d. February 21, 1788.
Diary: (1) Sept. 5, 1732 - Dec. 23, 1779. The diary (1) is written
when there was some special event which he wished to record, earth-
quakes, storms, accidents, raisings, with sometimes rather long in-
tervals of time between the entries.
Diary : (2) 1735 - Jan. 22, 1788 (dates of first and last entries found
in Judd.) Account books with some diary entries, dates of plough-
ing, planting, trips to New York and Newport, expenses of building
his house,
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MS. (1) owned by Mrs. Henry M. Burt, 94 Charlesbank Rd., New-
ton, Mass. Extracts published in Judd Manuscripts, Forbes Library,
Northampton.
L Hunt, Ebenezer, Dr., of Northampton, Mass., s. of Dea. Ebenezer
and Elizabeth (King) Hunt, b. Nov. 15, 1744 ; m. Sarah Bradish of
Cambridge, Nov. 5, 1772 ; d. Dec. 26, 1820.
Diary : (1) Aug. 1765 - June, 1767. Journal kept at a medical
school in Springfield. Almost entirely about his medical studies.
Diary : (2) 1776 - 1813. Doctor's notes of births, illnesses, deaths,
&c. Mention of help living with him, farming notes, expenses.
MSS. (1) owned by Mrs. Henry M. Burt, 94 Charlesbank Road,
Newton, Mass. Extracts in Judd MSS. in book marked Prices, Forbes
Library, Northampton. Unpublished.
Mrs. Burt also owns a register of deaths in Northampton from 1687
to 1827 compiled by Dr. David Hunt from the records of Dr. Ebenez-
er Hunt and other sources.
Hunter, Martin, Gen., of England. Ensign in the 52d British
Regiment called Oxfordshire Light Infantry, s. of Cuthbert and Anna
(Nixon) Hunter, b. 1757 ; m. Sept. 13, 1797, Jean Dickson of St.
Anton's Hill, Berwickshire ; d. Dec. 9, 1846.
Diary : 1775 - 1783. Kept at Bunker Hill, Brooklyn and Brandy wine.
A long account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, also of the play "The
Blockade of Boston" and of the Storming of Fort Washington.
MS. extracts published in Moorsom's "History of the 52d Light
Infantry," London, 1860.
Hurlburt, John, Jr., of New London, Conn., s. of John and Mary
(Stoddard) Hurlburt, b. in Groton, Conn., Mar. 12, 1730; m. Abigail
Avery before 1757 ; d. in Hanover, N. H., Mar. 10, 1782.
Diary: (1) May 9 -Dec. 8, 1759. Of the Crown Point Expedition
under Gen. Amherst ; the daily march and work of the soldiers,
some deaths.
Diary : (2) the year of 1775. "A full record or Journal of his
occupation from day to day in the year 1775, including the condition
of the weather also."
MSS. (1) owned by George Hurlburt Barbour of Alleghany, Pa.;
(2) copy by the Historical Society of New London, Conn. Published
in Magazine of American History, Vol. 29, p. 395.
Hutchinson, Elisha, Judge, of Boston, Mass., s. of Gov. Thomas
and Margaret (Sanford) Hutchinson, b. in Boston, Dec. 24, 1745 ; m.
Mary Watson ; d. in England, June 24, 1824.
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Diary : June 1, 1774 - 1778. 156 MS. pages. Personal and public
matters ; social and political affairs in England. He was a refugee.
Very desultory.
MS. owned by British Museum, Egerton MSS., 2669. Extracts
- published in "Diary of Gov. Thomas Hutchinson," Boston, 1884.
Hutchinson, Thomas, Gov., of Boston and England, s. of Thomas
and Sarah (Foster) Hutchinson, b. in Boston, Sept. 9, 1711 ; m. May
16, 1734, Margaret Sanford ; d. June 3, 1780.
Diary : (1) Oct. 2 - Nov. 29, 1756. A journey to Rhode Island and
Albany.
Diary: (2) June 1, 1774 -Apr. 22, 1780. This diary begins with
the record of his trip from Boston to England. Political disputes,
domestic matters, biographical materials, long entries of interesting
and often important matters.
Diary : (3) 1770. An almanac which has a few notes and mem-
oranda, account of the Boston massacre, meeting of overseers of the
college, &c.
MSS. (1) in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A., folio 227. (2) In British
Museum, Egerton MSS., 2662 - 66. Extracts published in Boston,
1884 - 1886.
L Hyde, William, of Newton, Mass., s. of William and Elizabeth
(Hyde) Hyde, b. Oct, 30, 1690 ; m. Deliverance Hvde, Mar. 26, 1713 ;
d. Feb. 9, 1754.
Diary: (1) Apr. 16, 1713- July 18, 1714, (2) July 18, 1714 -July 1,
1716, (3) June 26, 1737- May 22. 1757. Four small volumes contain-
ing deaths, marriages, &c, for Newton, Boston, Holliston, Sherburn
and other places. One is a Sunday journal giving the name of the
preacher, his subject with more or less notes of what he said. These
were evidently continued by another as there are several different
handwritings "These records contain more than double the number
of deaths, that are entered upon the town records for the same
years."
MSS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Society.
Ilsley, Joseph, Lieut., of Newbury, Mass., s. of Joseph, Jr. and
Rebecca (Noyes) Ilsley, b. in Newbury, Nov. 29, 1729 ; unmarried ;
his will was proved Feb. 28, 1785.
Diary: May 27 -Nov. 13, 1758. Kept in an almanac for 1758.
He was second lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Newhalls company, Col.
Bagley's regiment. He marches from Newbury June 14, gives the
towns and inns where they stop on the way to Albany. Goes to
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Saratoga and Fort Edward. An account of Lord Howe's death and of
the trip home. Full of interesting accounts of camp life.
MS. owned by Mr. Paul Ilsley, High St., Newbury. Unpublished.
Ingalls, Thomas, of Andover, Mass., s. of Francis and Elizabeth
(Stevens) Ingalls, b. Nov. 14, 1758, in Andover ; m. Elizabeth Stevens ;
d. Jan. 5, 1844, in Bridgton, Me.
Diary : (1) Apr. 19, 1775 - Jan. 2, 1776. Journal of the Revolution.
In Capt. Thomas Poor's Company. He is stationed in Cambridge
and vicinity. Daily work and news in the camp,
Diary: (2) July 16 -Dec. 8, 1776. Of the Lake Champlain cam-
paign. Is at Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Stillwater, &c.
MSS. owned by Aldana T. Ingalls, Winston, Montana. Published
in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. 53, p. 81.
Inman, George, Lieut., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Ralph and Sus-
anna (Speakman) Inman, b. Dec. 3, 1755 ; m. Apr. 23, 1778, Mary
Badger, of Philadelphia; d. in Grenada, W. L, 1789.
Diary : Feb. 7, 1782 - Jan. 31, 1789. One volume of this diary is
rather retrospective. He describes past events in which he had a
part, including his services in the King's Own during the Revolution.
Gives a list of British officers killed. The other four volumes are
regular diaries of his daily life telling much about the tories in Bristol
and Clifton, England. It is all kept in England.
MSS. owned by Cambridge Historical Society. Extracts published
in "Evelyns in America," p. 129. Also in Penna. Mag. of Hist., Vol.
VII, p. 237. -
Jackson, Daniel, Major, of Newton, Mass., s. of Joshua and Hul-
dah (Fuller) Jackson, b. July 23, 1753 ; m. Lucy Remington ; d. at
Watertown about 1832.
Diary: 1775 (date of extract). He was in the battles of Concord,
Bunker Hill and at Dorchester Heights and served during the greater
part of the Revolution.
MS. cited in "Notes to Sketches of Bunker Hill," by S. Swett,
1825, p. 19.
James, Bartholomew, Admiral, of St. Kivern, Cornwall, England,
s. of Richard and Joan (Body) James, b. Dec. 28, 1752 ; m. 1783,
Henrietta Pender of Falmouth ; d. May 22, 1828.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1776 -Oct. 29, 1798 with earlier recollections to the
day of his birth. Written in the form of a journal from memoranda
kept at the time. He was in Boston in 1776 and in Rhode Island in
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1777. He was also in Portland Harbor and on the Kennebec in 1791.
He gives an account of the surrender at Yorktown. He was in ser-
vice in the English army.
MS. owned by Navy Records Society. Published in Navy Records
Society Pub., 1896, London.
Jaques, Stephen, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Stephen and Deborah
(Plummer) Jaques, b. in Newbury, July 28, 1686 ; m. Thankful Tay-
lor of Yarmouth.
Diary : 1710 - 1796. "It is an account book in which the earliest
entry seems to be the year 1710 and the last the year 1796. Inters-
persed upon blank pages are a number of historical records and re-
ligious musings." — George Francis Dow. Evidently some of the en-
tries are by a later hand.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Unpublished.
Jeffry, James, s. of James Jeffry of Portsmouth, N. H., b. about
1706 ; m. int. Nov. 25, 1732, Ruth Pratt ; d. in Salem, Feb. 13, 1755.
Diary: (1) 1724. Personal matters, deaths and marriages, earth-
quakes, mentions many people.
Diary : (2) 1727, 1744, 1749. Probably those not owned by the
Essex Institute were burned in the Chicago fire. See Essex Inst. Hist.
Colls., Apr. 1914.
MSS. (1) owned by Essex Institute. Published in Essex Inst.
Hist. Coll., Vol. 36, p. 331. (2) in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Feb. 1860
with extracts from 1730, '33, '34, '35, '36, '45, and '47.
Jeffry, James, Jr., of Salem, Mass., s. of James and Ruth (Pratt)
Jeffry, b. in Salem, Aug. 20, 1733 ; m. Dec. 2, 1763, Susannah Palfrey
(Salem Record) ; d. Nov. 7, 1807.
Diary : Jan. 1 - Oct. 30, 1775. Kept in Quebec where he was part
of the time postmaster. Contains much war news from other parts
of Canada and New England. Visits Salem soon after the battle of
Lexington.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Published in Essex Inst.
Hist. Colls., Apr. 1914. Also letters written by him from Quebec and
Montreal.
Jenkins, John, Lieut., of New London, Conn, and Exeter and
Wyoming, Pa., s. of Judge John Jenkins, b. at New London, Nov. 27,
1751 ; m. Bethiah Harris of Colchester, Conn., June 23, 1778 ; d. in
Exeter, Mar. 19, 1827.
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Diary : June 5, 1778 - Feb. 25,1781. Kept in the campaign of
Gen. Sullivan against the Six Nations. Everyday entries with a
rather long account of the battle of Newton.
MS. owned by Hon. Steuben Jenkins of Wyoming, Pa. Extracts
published in "Sullivan's Expedition," by Fred. Cook.
. Jenks, John, of Salem, Mass., s. of John and Rebecca (Newhall)
Jenks of Medford, b. in Medford, Dec. 6, 1751 ; d. in Salem, Oct. 11,
1817.
Diary : (1) June 23 - July 14, 1784. Diaries of various trips taken
in the interest of William Gray as a dry goods merchant. To New
York and Philadelphia from Salem.
Diary : (2) Jan. 3 - 15, 1785. To Norwich, Windsor and Hartford,
Conn.
Diary: (3) Mar. 10 -Apr. 25, 1785. To New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Alexandria and Fredericksburg. He gives the various
inns where he stops, short entries.
MSS. both the original and a typewritten copy owned by Harvard
College Library, given by Robert D. Jenks of Philadelphia.
Jenks, Samuel, of Chelsea, Mass., s. of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Berry) Jenks, b. at Lynn, Mar. 12, 1782 ; d. at Cambridge, June 8,
1801.
Diary : May 22, 1760 - Nov. 26, 1760. Journal of the campaign in
1760. Fairly long entries of affairs in the army. Much of it covers
the same ground as the diary of David Holden.
MS. published in Mass. Hist. Pro., Mar. 1890. Also printed with
notes, Cambridge, 1890.
Jennison, William, Lieut., of Milford, Mass., s. of Dr. Wm. and
Mary (Staples) Jennison, b. at Mendon, Aug. 4, 1757 ; m. Nov. 19,
1783, Mary Vibert of Boston ; d. Dec. 24, 1843.
Diary: Aug. 6, 1776 -Aug. 2, 1780. "A valuable military and nav-
al Revolutionary record. He was quartermaster in Col. Read's Mass.
Reg. ; then lieutenant of marines on the "Warren" ; then with Wash-
ington's army in 1776 ; then again in the marine's service where he
remained till the end of the war doing occasional privateering."
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Extracts published in Penna.
Mag. Vol. 15, 1891.
Johnson, Joseph, of Norwich, Conn., s. of Capt. Joseph Johnson, -
b. about 1750 at Mohegan near Norwich.
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Diary : Nov. 1771 - Jan. 2, 1772. Johnson was an Indian. The
diary gives "an account of religious meetings at Mohegan and the
spiritual crises through which Johnson passed at that time."
MS. owned by Dartmouth College Library, in Wheelock Collection.
Unpublished.
Johnson, Obediah, Major, of Canterbury, Conn., s. of Obadiah
and Lydia (Cleaveland) Johnson, b. at Canterburv, Feb. 18, 1735/6,
m. (1) Apr. 29, 1762, Mary Howard of Windham, (2) July 6, 1765,
Lucy Spaulding of Plainfield ; d. Oct. 27, 1801.
Diary: Nov. 5, 1776 -Mar. 18, 1777. Journal of the doings of the
army, kept at Chatham, N. Y.
MS. owned by Mr. F. M. Johnson, New York. Unpublished.
Johnson, Samuel, Rev., of West Haven, Conn., s. of Samuel and
Mary (Sage) Johnson of Guilford, b. Oct. 14, 1696 ; m. (1) Sept. 23,
1725, Mrs. Charity (Floyd) Nicoll of Long Island, (2) June 18, 1761,
Mrs. Sarah ( ) Beach ; d. Jan. 6, 1772.
Diary: Oct. 6, 1722 -Nov. 1, 1723. "Samuel Johnson's Book, Be-
ing a Journal of His Voyage to, Abode at, and Return from England."
MS. owned by Columbia University, New York. Extracts pub-
- lished in Beardsley's "Hist, of the Church in Conn." Vol. I, p. 34 and
51. Also in Beardsley's "Life of Samuel Johnson," N. Y., 1874.
Johnson, Samuel William, of Stratford, Conn., s. of William
Samuel and Ann (Beach) Johnson, b. Oct. 23, 1761 ; m. Susan Ed-
wards, Nov. 27, 1791.
Diary : Nov. 6, 1799 - Feb. 4, 1800. Journal of a journey from
Stratford to Fayetteville, N. C. and return.
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc, Hartford, Conn. Unpublished.
Johnson, Thomas, Col., of Newbury, Vermont, s. of John and
Sarah (Haynes) Johnson, b. in Haverhill, Mar. 22, 1742 ; m. (1) Feb.
12, 1765, Elizabeth Lowell of Newburyport, (2) Nov. 26, 1772, Abigail
(Merrill) Pool, (3) Feb. 17, 1775, Abigail Carleton ; d. in Newbury,
Jan. 4, 1819.
Diary: (1) June 10, 1773 -Dec. 22, 1794. "A journal of the Sea-
sons." Only a few entries for each year.
Diary : (2) Mar. 5, 1781 - Oct. 11, 1781. A journal of his captivity
in Canada. He was at Three Rivers and St. John. Graphic pictures
of his capture and imprisonment, the books he read, dinners he at-
tended and the various diversions of the town.
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MSS. owned by Mrs. A. G. Johnson of Watertown, Conn. (1)
published in "History of Newbury," by F. P. Wells.
Johnson, William Samuel, of Stratford, Conn., s. of Dr. Samuel
and Charity (Floyd) (Nicoll) Johnson, b. Oct. 7, 1727 ; m. Ann Beach,
Nov. 5, 1749; d. Nov. 14, 1819.
Diary: (1) Nov. 27, 1766 -Oct. 1, 1771. Kept while he was in
England as special agent of the colony of Connecticut.
Diary: (2) 1759 - 1787. Memorandum books.
MSS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc, Hartford, Conn. Extracts pub-
lished in "Life of Wm. Samuel Johnson," by Beardsley, N. Y., 1876.
Jones, Abner, Elder, of Royalston, Mass. and Lyndon, Vt, b. in
Royalston, Apr. 28, 1772 , m. (1) about 1796, Damaris Prior, (2) Aug.
1, 1839, Mrs. Nancy F. Clarke ; d. May 29, 1841.
Diary : From his birth to Sept. 30, 1833. Largely of his religious
work. He lived in many places in New England and travelled to
many others.
MS. extracts published in "Memoir of Abner Jones," Boston, 1842.
Jones, Benjamin, Dr., of Beverly, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Sarah Jones of Ipswich, b. Dec. 4, 1716 ; m. (1) Mar. 3, 1736, Mary
Woodbury, (2) July 17, 1749, Ginger Leach, (3) Dec. 20, 1757, Sarah
Endicott of Danvers ; d. June 23, 1794.
Diary : 1747 - 1779 (dates of extracts.)
MS. owned in 1888 by Horatio G. Herrick of Lawrence. Cited in
Me. Hist, and Gen. Rec, Vol. 5, p. 54. Extracts are vital statistics.
Jones, Ephraim, of Falmouth (Portland), Me., s. of James and
Sarah ( ) Jones, b. in Weston, Dec. 11, 1712 ; m. Mar. 1739,
Mary Pearson ; d. at Falmouth, Dec. 16, 1783.
Diary: (1) Mar. 25, 1767 -Feb. 20, 1772. A journal of his acts as
selectman, in the middle of his account book are various items about
the poor of the town, schools, &c.
Diary : (2) May 7 - July 19, 1765. In the same book a journal of
a voyage from Falmouth to Bermuda and back to Marblehead.
MSS. owned by Maine Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Jones, John, Col., of Dedham, Mass., s. of John and Mehitable
(Garfield) Jones, b. in Weston, Oct. 30, 1716; m. (1) Feb. 23, 1742/3,
Hannah Morse, (2) Oct. 31, 1754, Tabitha Battle; d. Feb. 2, 1801.
Diary: (1) July 14, 1756 -Mar. 25, 1767, His book of "Entries and .
Judgments." Contains 250 letter sheet pages. Relates principally to
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his services as Justice of the Peace. Also contains a list of marriages
performed by him.
Diary : (2) 1762/3. Journal of surveys in Mount Desert.
Diary : (3) commences with his birth 1716 - Nov. 10, 1762, with
entries for 1774. Book of minutes, relates principally to his family ;
private life and personal observations. Also "Some Remarkables of
Earthquakes, Warrs, Deaths," &c.
MSS. (1) and (3) owned by Mrs. Peleg Redfield Kendall of Provi-
dence, R. I., (2) in archives of Me. Hist. Soc. Published in Boston, -
1894, by Amos Perry.
I Jones, Nahum, of Templeton, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Lydia
(Jones) Jones, b. Aug. 13, 1772, in Gerry, Mass. ; unmarried ; d. Oct.
22, 1807.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1795 - Dec. 22, 1806, with a few preliminary entries
for 1775 - 1786. "He was a schoolmaster who kept school at Rindge,
N. H., Montgomery, Herkimer Co., N. Y. and Gerry (Phillipston),
Winchendon, and Provincetown, Mass. He was an observant man and
his diaries, especially those which relate to upper New York state,
contain considerable local history. He kept a complete register of
the names of all his scholars, showing that during ten years of
teaching he taught 1456 scholars." Some of the earlier entries relate
to Shay's rebellion.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Given by Miss Clara A. Jones of
Warwick, Mass.
Jordan, Richard, of Newton, N. J. and Hartford, Conn., s. of Jo-
seph and Patience ( ) Jordan, b. at Elizabeth, Va., Dec. 19, 1756 ;
m. Pharaby Knox ; d. Oct. 14, 1826.
Diary : Mar. 17, 1797 - 1825. Journal of his trips as a Quaker
preacher. He went to Nantucket, New Bedford, Newport and
Providence in 1797. In 1804 he went to Hartford, Conn., where
he lived until 1809. The last years contain only occasional entries.
MS. published in "Friend's Library," Phila., 1837, Vol. XIII, p. 292.
Joslin, Joseph, Jr., of South Killingly, Conn., b. Apr. 9, 1759; m.
Lydia Rucklin ? Oct. 14, 1783 near Providence ; d. a few days after
close of diary in North Grosvenordale, Conn. ?
Diary: Dec. 3, 1777 - June 20,1843. He was a teamster in the
Revolution and starts from South Killingly through Windham, Dan-
bury, Litchfield, {lartford. Most of the time he seems to be in Dan-
bury. Records the small matters which tended for his comfort or
discomfort, the places he had to sleep in, the things he had to eat.
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A very conversational diary and very amusing. "Jotting down from
day to day the doings and happenings that came to pass he gives us
not only his own life's experience but a fair transcript of the growth
and development of the nation in whose birth he had borne a part."
MS. part of it owned by the Conn. Hist. Society. Published in
Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. 7, p. 299. Also extracts in "Historic Glean-
ings in Windham Co.," by Miss Larned. Also in Conn. Magazine, Vol. fl
2, p. 50.
Judd, Eben Warner, of Middlebury, Vermont, s. of Stephen and
Lydia (Warner) Judd, b. Apr. 12, 1761 in Waterburv, Conn. ; m. Ly-
dia Giddings of Hartland, Vt, Feb. 27, 1791 ; d. Sept. 18, 1837.
Diary : (1) Aug. 8, 1774 - Mar. 8, 1776. A diary commenced when
he was in prison in Woodstock, Conn.
Diary: (2) 1787; the exact dates are not decypherable. In two
parts. A journal of surveys in Maidstone and Leamington.
Diary: (3) Aug. 18, 1786 -Aug. 20, 1787. Journal of a surveyor
who tells where he stopped, what he did, the people whom he met,
&c. Of the upper Coos, Vermont ; about 150 leaves.
Diary : (4) Dec. 2, 1789 - May 10, 1792. Three pamphlets of sur-
veys in Guildhall.
Diary: (5) Feb. 6, 1794 -Feb. 26, 1795. Diary and accounts.
Diary : (6) Apr. 27, 1795 - Sept. 12, 1796. Jan. 10 - July 28, 1797.
A diary in two volumes.
Diary: (7) Jan. 1-June 20, 1800.
MSS. owned by State of Vermont in the Office of the Secretary of
State, Montpelier. Extracts published in Vermont Hist. Gazetteer,
Vol. I, p. 944.
Judd, Jonathan, Rev., of Southampton, Mass., s. of William and
Mary (Root) Judd, b. Oct. 4. 1719; m. (1) Nov. 28, 1743, Silence
Sheldon, (2) Ruth (Kent) Bidwell; d. July 28, 1803.
Diary : Feb. 17, 1742-Apr. 10, 1801. Local and personal happenings
with much news of both the French and Indian wars and of the Rev-
olution. He tells of the enlisting of men, the coming home of the
soldiers, also the war news which he gathers from trips to other
towns.
MS. owned by Mr. David E. Hoxie, Northampton, Mass. Ex-
tracts in Judd MSS., Forbes Library, Northampton. Unpublished.
Judd, Jonathan, Jr., of Southampton, Mass., s. of Rev. Jonathan -
and Silence (Sheldon) Judd, b. Oct. 7, 1744 ; unmarried ; d. Jan. 30,
1819.
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Diary : 1768 - 1803. Four bound volumes. He was a merchant in
Southampton. He gives accounts of the mobs in Northampton, Hat-
field and vicinity and of the part he took in opposing the rioters in
Shay's rebellion.
MS. owned by Miss Nina Judd, Augusta, Maine. Extracts pub-
lished in "History of Northampton," by Trumbull, Vol. II. Also in
Yale Literary Magazine, July, 1851.
Judd, Philip, of East Middletown, Conn., s. of Jonathan and Han-
nah (Diggens) Judd, b. in Glastonbury, Dec. 31, 1715 ; d. at Cape
Breton, Dec. 14, 1745.
Diary : June 1 - Nov. 27, 1745. Kept in expedition from New Lon-
don to Cape Breton. He was sergeant. It covers two large pages
of paper.
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Kathan, Alexander, of Dummerston, Vt, s. of John and Martha
(Moore) Kathan, b. May 3, 1729 ; m. (1) Dec. 4, 1755, Margaret
Baird, (2) Dec. 21, 1806, Mrs. Mary (Hart) Davenport; d. Feb. 14,
1825.
Diary: 1764-1820. Written on the margins of almanacs. Re-
lating mainly to personal and local affairs, farming notes, also of
"boxing" maples for sap. The oldest sugar orchard in Vermont was
on this farm.
MS. owned by Mr. Myron F. Dutton of Dummerston. Unpub-
lished.
Keayne, Robert, of Boston, Mass., b. in England ; m. in England,
Ann, the sister of wife of Rev. John Wilson ; d. Mar. 23, 1656.
Diary: (1) Nov. 23, 1639 - May 22, 1642. Notes of sermons or ex-
positions of Rev. John Cotton, First Church, Boston, containing min-
utes of cases against Sergt. Richard Wait and Mrs. Anne Hibbins.
Diary : (2) Feb. 1643 - Apr. 19, 1646. Similar notes of sermons
preached by Rev. John Wilson.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, (2) Rhode Island Hist. Soc.
(1) published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., 1879.
Keith, George, Rev., of London, England, a Quaker preacher, b.
at Aberdeen, Scotland ; d. at Edburton, Sussex, England.
— Diary: Apr. 28 -Aug. 6,1702. "A journal of the Travels and
Ministry of the Rev. George Keith, A. M." Begins with his arrival
in Boston ; preaches there and in Cambridge, Lynn, Hampton, Dover,
and Newport. Afterwards he goes to New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania.
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MS. published in Prot. Epis. Hist. Coll., Vol. I, 1851.
Kelley, Richard, Capt., of Amesbury, Mass., s. of John and Eliz-
abeth (Emery) Kelley ; b. Mar. 8, 1704 in West Newbury ; m. Han-
nah Bartlett ; d. June 18, 1774.
Diary: 1727 - 1757 (dates of extracts). Unusual weather condi-
tions, impressment of troops, personal movements, &c. "A book of
accounts from the time he became 21 years of age to Feb. 1774, con-
tains much information in regard to the times."
MS. cited in "Hist, of Amesbury," pp. 187, 200 and 205 ; also in
Coffin's "Newbury," p. 205.
Kellogg, Elijah, Rev., of Portland, Me., s. of Joseph and Dorothy
(Taylor) Kellogg, b. in So. Hadley, Mass., Aug. 17, 1761 ; m. July,
1792, Eunice McClellan; d. Mar. 9, 1842.
Diary : 1799. Six pages inserted in the middle of "A Farmers
Merchants' and Mechanic's Almanac." Baptisms, deaths, weather,
names of persons owning the covenant, &c. The people whom he
mentioned, at least part of them, belonged to the Second Church in
Portland of which Mr. Kellogg was minister. His name does not ap-
pear on the book.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Kellogg, Joseph, Capt., of Northfield, Mass., s. of Martin and
Anna (Hinsdale) Kellogg, b. Nov. 8, 1691 ; m. Mar. 10, 1720, Rachel
Devotion of Suffield, Conn. ; d. in 1756 when on the Oswego expedi-
tion with Governor Shirley.
Diary : Nov. 30, 1724, for several scouting expeditions. "This jour-
nal kept with soldier-like precision reads like the most ordinary mat-
ter of fact affair, deserving no special attention and no commendation
except as evidence of a faithful discharge of duty." Although called
a journal it is a letter perhaps written from daily notes.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 70. Published in "His-
tory of Northfield," by Temple and Sheldon, p. 207.
Kemble, Stephen, Lieut.-Col., of New Brunswick, N. J., s. of
Peter and Gertrude (Bayard) Kemble, b. at New Brunswick, 1740 ;
unmarried ; d. Jan. 1, 1809.
Diary: (1) June 9, 1773 -Dec. 31, 1779. Journals giving full ac-
counts of his miltary experience and the movements of the army. He
was adjutant general at Boston in 1774 and was there during the
siege and evacuation.
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Diary: (2) June 13, 1784 - Jan. 2, 1789 with omissions of 1786 and
1787. Parts of the journal are kept in England and New Brunswick.
MSS. owned by New York Hist. Soc. in Kemble Papers. Pub-
lished in N. Y. Hist. Soc. Colls., 1883.
Kent, Jacob, Col., of Newbury, Vermont, s. of John and Mary
(Godfrey) Kent, b. at Chebacco, Mass., June 12, 1726 ; m. (1) Dec.
26, 1752, Abigail Bailey, (2) June 16, 1762, Mary White at Plaistow,
N. H. ; d. Dec. 13, 1812.
Diary : 1760 - 1791. Notes made here and there among various
accounts. Part of this is a journal of the campaign in Canada under
General Amherst and part of the campaign embracing Burgoyne's
surrender.
MS. owned by Col. Henry O. Kent of Lancaster, N. H. Extracts
published in "History of Newbury, Vt," by F. P. Welis.
Kettell, John, of Boston, Mass., later of Charlestown, Mass., s.
of James and Sarah (Call) Kettell, b. June 30, 1756 ; m. Susanna
Frothingham ; d. Sept. 16, 1822.
Diary : May 17 - Sept. 30, 1775. Kept during the siege of Boston,
giving the events of each day.
MS. unpublished.
Kidd, William, Capt., b. in Greenock, Scotland ; m. Mrs. Sarah
( ) Oort, May 16, 1691 ; executed in England, May 23, 1701,
about 56 years old.
Diary: Dec. 4, 1695 - July 7, 1699. "Capt. Kidd said his journal
had been destroyed by his crew at St. Mary, but that if granted time
he would prepare a narrative in writing." This narrative follows
the doings of himself and his men from day to day, the ships he cap-
tured, treasures secured, &c.
MS. owned by Public Record Office, London. Calendared in State
Papers, Colonial Ser., 1690, p. 375. Copy by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Kimball, Moses, of Newbury port, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Elizabeth (Low) Kimball, b. July 30, 1779 ; m. Nov. 23, 1815, Lavinia
Barnard; d. Dec. 23, 1867.
Diary : 1789 with perhaps later entries. Of his own doings, train-
ing, singing school, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. G. S. Goodrich, West Newbury, who also has
ledgers and account books kept by him. Unpublished.
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Kimball, Peter, Capt., of Boscawen, N. H., s. of Joseph and
Abiel (Peabody) Kimball, b. in Bradford, Mass., Oct. 16, 1739; m.
(1) Elizabeth Thurston, (2) Priscilla ; d. in Boscawen, 1811.
Diary: (1) Sept. 16 -Dec. 9, 1776, (2) July 1 - July 12, 1777, (3) July
24 - Sept. 5, 1777. "The diary of Capt. Kimball is exceeding valuable
in that it exhibits the readiness of the people to respond to the call,
after the first outburst of patriotism had cooled ; also because it
brings vividly before us the long marches from central New Hamp-
shire to New York, each soldier carrying his provisions, gun and
knapsack."
MSS. (1) published in "Granite Monthly," Vol. 4, p. 230. (2) and
(3) in "History of Boscawen," by C. C. Coffin, pp. 253 and 261.
King, Daniel, of Salem, Mass., s. of Samuel and (Hunt)
King of Salem, b. July 26, 1704 ; m. May 12, 1729, Elizabeth Coes of
Marblehead ; d. 1790.
Diary : May 3, 1730 - Aug. 13, 1767. Long entries of special events
in his life, especially reflections on deaths in his family. Not many
entries.
MS. deposited with Mass. Hist. Soc. by Miss Kate Jackson of
Newton. Unpublished.
King, Richard, of Scarborough, Me., s. of 'Richard and Hannah
(Preble) King, b. Feb. 25, 1719/20; m. (1) Isabella Blagdon of York,
(2) Mary Black of York, Jan. 31, 1762 ; d. Mar. 28, 1775.
Diary : Nov. 4, 1772 - Apr. 22, 1774. His records as Justice of the
Peace. Warrants, marriages, &c.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
King, Richard, Col., of England.
Diary : May 4 - Sept. 10, 1711. Of Hovenden Walker's Expedition
to Quebec, in which he was an officer. They reached Boston, May
24 and were encamped on Noddle's Island until July 30. They en-
countered a bad storm and lost many of their ships.
MS. owned by London Pub. Rec. Office, C 05.898. Transcript at
the Mass. Hist. Soc. among the F. L. Gay papers.
Kingsbury, Jonathan, Col., of Needham, Mass., s. of Capt. Caleb
and Esther (Townsend) Kingsbury, b. Aug. 4, 1751 ; m. May 9, 1775,
Sarah Pratt ; d. Oct. 15, 1806.
Diary: Jan. 16, 1787 -June 5, 1788, with a few later entries.
Record of military matters relating to Shay's Rebellion and entries
about court martials in 1790 ; kept in the back of an account book.
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175
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. given by George Kuhn Clarke,
Needham. Published in "Needham Epitaphs," p. 41.
Kingsbury, Samuel, Rev., of Edgartown, Mass., s. of Ebenezer
and Abigail ( ) Kingsbury, b. in Dedham, Dec. 28, 1736 ; m.
Dec. 15, 1763, Jedidah Sumner; d. Dec. 30, 1778.
Diary : 1761 - 1778. A death diary.
MS. owned by Miss Dora L. Peakes, Edgartown.
Kinne, Manuel, of Plainfield, Conn., s. of Jeremiah and Mary
(Starkweather) Kinne, b. Nov. 10, 1740; d. July 31, 1828.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1799 -Dec. 31, 1818. List of deaths in Plainfield
with a few weather items.
MS. owned by Judge John Eben Prior of Moosup, Conn. Pub-
lished in N. E. Gen. Reg., Vol. LXXI, p. 133.
Kirkland, Samuel, Rev., of Norwich, Conn., s. of Rev. Daniel
and Hannah (Perkins) Kirkland, b. at Norwich, Dec. 1, 1741 ; m.
Sept. 19, 1767, Jerusha Bingham of Windham ; d. Feb. 28, 1808.
Diary : (1) 1769 - 1793. Kept during his various missionary visits
to the Oneida Indians and to the Councils of the Six Nations. He left
many letters and journals.
Diary : (2) Oct. 7, 1770 - Feb. 6, 1771. Kept while missionary to
the Oneida Indians.
MSS. (1) owned by the State Library, Albany and possible burned.
Extracts published in "Library of Am. Biog.," Sparks, Vol. XV, and
in Ketchums "Hist, of Buffalo," Vol. II, pp. 17 and 110. (2) owned
by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Knapp, Natkaniel, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and Sarah
(Hart) Knapp of Newbury, b. Mar. 30, 1736 ; m. (1) Jan. 14, 1757,
Mary Mirick of Newbury, (2) Judith Rolfe, Nov. 26, 1780, (3) Patty
Lurvey, Feb. 16, 1794/5 ; d. July 6, 1816.
Diary: Mar. 27, 1758 -July 14, 1759. Of the second siege of
Louisburg. Short daily entries of various happenings ; the work of
the soldiers, discipline, weather, list of ships under Admiral Bos-
cowen, &c.
MS. published by Society of Colonial Wars of Mass., 1895.
Knight, Sarah, Madam, of [Boston, dau. of Capt. Thomas and
Elizabeth (Trerice) Kemble, b. Apr. 19, 1666; m. Capt. Richard
Knight; d. Sept. 25, 1727.
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Diary: Oct. 2, 1704 -Jan. 6, 1705. Describes a trip from Boston
through Dedham, Sharon, Foxborough, Wrentham, Rehoboth to
Rhode Island and Conn., back to Boston. "Madam Knight was a
woman of superior intelligence and an acute observer of the manner
of life and speech of those whom she met, which she reproduces in
her journal with a vivacity and naivete truly surprising."
MS. published in "Littell's Living Age," June 26, 1858. In "New
York," Wilder and Campbell, 1825 ; by Free Academy Press, Norwich,
Conn., 1901.
Knowlton, Luke, Hon., of Shrewsbury, Mass., s. of Ezekiel and
Susanna (Morgan) Knowlton, b. in Shrewsbury, Nov, 4, 1738 ; m.
Sarah Holland of Shrewsbury, Jan. 5, 1760; d. in Newfane, Vt,
Dec. 12, 1810.
Diary : June 9 - Nov. 18, 1759. Kept at Crown Point and during
a march from Crown Point to Charlestown, No. 4.
MS. owned by Mr. H. C. Knowlton, Knowlton, Canada. Unpub-
lished.
Knox, Henry, Major General, of Boston, s. of Wm. and Mary
(Campbell) Knox, b. in Boston, July 25, 1750 ; m. Lucy Flucker, July
16, 1774 ; d. Oct. 25, 1806.
Diary : (1) Nov. 20, 1775 - Jan. 11, 1776. Of his trip to Stillwater ;
gives a long account of his first view of Niagara.
Diary : (2) Sept. 11 - Oct. 12, 1788. Of a trip from Waldoborough,
Me., through Thomaston, Warren, Pemaquid, to Portland ; describes
the land and the various owners, expenses of the trip, &c.
MSS. both owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. (1) extracts published
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1876, p. 322. (2) Unpublished.
Ladd, Timothy, of Haverhill, Mass. and Plaistow, N. H., s. of John
and Mary (Merrill) Ladd, b. Nov. 1, 1719 ; m. Nov. 13, 1740, Lydia
Marble.
Diary : Kept while he was collector of stores for the use of the Rev-
olutionary army in or near Boston and Charlestown.
MS. owned by Mr. Frank Ober, Nashua, N. H.
Lamb, Roger, of Dublin, b. in Dublin, Jan. 17, 1756.
Diary: Apr. 3, 1776- Jan. 17, 1784. • Commences with his sail from
Cork to Quebec. He served in Burgoyne's campaign taking part in
the battle of Hubbardton. Describes New England towns and his
detention as a prisoner at Rutland.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
177
MS. published in "An Original and Authentic Journal of Occur-
ences during the Late American War." This consist of direct quo-
tations from his diary and of additions and enlargements from his
memory.
Lane, Daniel, of Buxton, Maine, s. of John and Mary (Nowell)
Lane, b. May 11, 1740 ; m. Oct. 21, 1762, Mary Woodman ; d. June
11, 1811.
Diary : (1) July 8 - Dec. 5, 1759. A journal of the siege of Quebec
and account of the death of General Wolfe.
Diary : (2) May 19 - Nov. 29, 1761 and May 8 to June 25, 1762.
Of trips to Halifax where he aided in making the fortifications.
MSS. all these diaries are in the office of the Secretary of State,
Augusta, Me. (2) is published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1872.
Lane, Jabez, of Stratham, N. H., s. of Samuel and Mary (James)
Lane, b. May 16, 1760 ; m. Oct. 2, 1783, Eunice Colcord ; d. Apr. 3,
1810.
Diary: 1789 -Mar. 19, 1810 (several years are missing). "A jour-
nal of Remarkables," later called "A journal of Remarkable and Com-
mon Occurrences."
MS. owned by Miss Abby F. Lane, Stratham, N. H. Unpublished.
Lane, Joshua, of Kensington and Sanbornton, N. H., s. of John
and Hannah (Dow) Lane, b. Aug. 28, 1762 ; m. July 9, 1788, Huldah
Hilliard ; d. Sept. 1, 1829.
Diary : Nov. 13, 1788 - Aug. 27, 1829. "A short daily space indi-
cating the weather, has also brief allusions to matters and events of
personal, social or general interest, with a few lines containing a
summary review of the month and peculiarities of its weather, crops,
&c, at the bottom of the page." .
MS. owned by Miss Mary A. Lane, Tilton, N. H. Unpublished.
Lane, Samuel, of Hampton and Stratham, N. H., s. of Joshua and
Bathsheba (Robie) Lane, b. in Hampton, Oct. 6, 1718 ; m. (1) Dec.
24, 1741, Mary James, (2) Mrs. Rachel (Parsons) Colcord of Concord ;
d. Dec. 29, 1806.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1737 - 1801. "There is much personal matter, much
that is local, records of marriages, births and deaths in town, farm
and weather notes and items of interest in state and nation. The
earlier portion tells much of experiences and hardships of pioneer life
and is extremely interesting."
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MS. owned by Miss Abby F. Lane of Stratham. Extracts pub-
lished in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan., 1876, p. 107.
Lane, Samuel, of Stratham, N. H., s. of Samuel and Hannah
(Cate) Lane, b. Aug. 12, 1774 ; m. Feb. 23, 1800, Hannah G. Marston
of Greenland ; d. Aug. 27, 1841.
Diary : Mar. 1, 1782 - Oct. 31, 1826. Weather and local events.
MS. owned by Mr. Albert C. Lane of Stratham. Unpublished.
Langdon, Paul, Lieut., of Wilbraham, Mass., s. of Philip and
Mary ( ) Langdon of Boston, b. Sept. 12, 1693 ; m. Aug. 18, 1718,
Mrs. Mary H. Stacy ; d. Dec. 3, 1761.
Diary : 1745. Account book and journal.
MS. extracts published in "From one Generation to Another," by
Harriet N. Langdon.
Lawrence, Eleazer, of Littleton, Mass., s. of Major Eleazer and
Mary (Scripture) Lawrence of Groton, Mass., b. 1708 ; m. (1) Lucy
Tuttle of Littleton, June 25, 1731, (2) Sarah Foster of Westford,
1780 ; d. 1789.
Diary : July 3 - Aug. 1, 1755. A scouting expedition from Lunen-
burg "between the River of Connecticut and Merrimack."
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 172. Published in "Historic
Sketches of the Lawrence Family," by Dr. R. M. Lawrence.
Lawrence, William, Sergt., of Castine, Maine, b. in Scotland;
d. Feb. 3, 1845, aged ninety-seven, in Bucksport.
Diary: July 24 -Aug. 14, 1779. Of the Penobscot Expedition
and siege.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. in the F. L. Gay papers. Published
in "Hist, of Castine," Wheeler.
Lawson, Thomas, Capt., of Union, Conn., s. of John and Janet
(Young) Lawson, b. in Worcester, Mass., Nov. 2, 1727 ; m. Dec. 31,
1754, Esther Paul ; d. Jan. 5, 1804.
Diary : Sept. 10 -Oct. 14, 1777 (date of extracts). A brief diary
of a march from Tolland, Conn, to Stillwater where they arrived in
time for the second battle. He was captain in the 22d regiment of
militia of the Fifth military company.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Union," Lawson, p. 125.
Leach, John, of Boston, Mass., b. in England; m. in Boston, July
24, 1750, Sarah Coffin; d. June 10, 1799, aged 75.
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179
Diary : June 29 - Oct. 4, 1775. "Journal kept during his confine-
ment by the British in Boston Goal in 1775." Very few entries;
mention of many other prisoners. A most valuable description of
life in the jail. "In the foregoing Narrative I have endeavoured
to avoid writing with warmth (tho' it might have been pardonable
from the abusive usage we met with) least it might be thought I was
actuated by prejudice and anger. I must confess I have been often
at a loss to determine which they seemed most to deserve, my anger
or my Pity ; They deserved the former from the scandalous treatment
we received ; and the latter claimed a share from the consideration
of their being fellow creatures, made after the image of the Glorious
Creator of us all and by whose restraining Grace alone we are made
to differ.
Teach me to feel another's woe.
To hide the fault I see,
That mercy I to others show
That mercy show to me."
The last entry in the diary.
MS. owned by the late Henry H. Edes, Boston, Mass. Published
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1865, p. 255.
Lear, Susan, of Philadelphia, Pa., m. Capt. Jas. Duncan, Sept. 11,
1788, in Philadelphia.
Diary : May 6 - Aug. 26, 1788. An account of a trip made with
Mrs. Nicholas Browne of Providence to Providence, New York and
Boston. In Boston she was the guest of General Hull. Tells many
interesting things of the people and times and mentions many prom-
inent Providence people.
MS. owned by Miss Helen E. Keep, Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Typewritten copy by Mrs. Sam. Powell, Providence. Unpublished.
Leavitt, Thomas, of Hampton Falls, N. H., s. of Benjamin and
Esther (Towle) Leavitt, b. 1774; m. 1795, Hannah Melcher; d. 1852.
Diary: May 23, 1795-1836. A day book. "Contains much local
news, deaths, births in the Leavitt family besides charges for services
&c, to various inhabitants." List of sudden deaths and bad accidents
in 1796.
MS. owned by Mr. W. S. Leavitt, Boston. Unpublished.
Lechford, Thomas, of Boston, Mass., b. in England ; m. Elizabeth
Diary: June 27, 1638 - July 29, 1641. One of the most valuable
documents which has been preserved, of the history of the first gen-
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eration of Mass. It is the daily record of the work done in the office
of the only professional lawyer in the colony. His duties brought
him into close relation with people of every class ; in more than one
instance his memoranda throw light on social customs, on questions
of local geography, on points of family history, and on the develop-
ment of the political life of the country."
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Presented by Sam-
uel Jennison, Esq. Published in American Antiquarian Society Col-
lections, Vol. 7, 1885.
Led yard, John, of Groton, Conn., s. of John and Abigail (Hemp-
stead) Ledyard of Groton, b. 1751 ; unmarried ; d. Jan. 17, 1789 at
Cairo, Egypt.
Diary: (1) July 12, 1776 -Oct. 6, 1779. Journal of Capt. Cooks
last voyage around the world, in quest of a northwest passage be-
tween Asia and America. Parts of this are owned by the British
Admiralty. He rewrote it from memory.
- Diary : (2) Aug. 16 - Oct. 25, 1787. Of travel in Russia and Egypt.
MSS. (1) printed in part in the Pro. of the African Asso. Extracts
in Sparks "Am. Biography," Vol. XIV. (2) published in Hartford in
1783.
Lee, Jesse, Rev., of Virginia, a southern circuit rider, an itinerant
minister in New England, s. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Lee, b. in
Prince George County, Va., Mar. 12, 1758 ; unmarried ; d. Sept. 12,
1816.
Diary : 1780 and later. A short military experience in 1780. He
visits New England in 1789, 1790, 1792 and later. He mentions
visiting in many homes, speaks of deaths and other local items.
Much of the time he is in Conn., but sometimes in Maine and Mass.
He was forming Methodist societies.
MS. extracts published by N. Bangs and H. T. Mason, N. Y., 1823.
Lee, Joseph, Dr., of Concord, Mass., s. of Joseph and Ruth (Good-
now) Lee, b. June 16, 1716 ; m. Dec. 6, 1739, Lucy Jones ; d. Apr. 10,
1797.
Diary: (1) 1769, 1775, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782 and 1789 ; (2) 1774 ;
(3) 1795; (4) 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793
and 1794. All are interleaved almanacs with scattered short entries
of personal and town affairs. Many deaths.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. ; (2) by Dr. Chas. L. Nichols
of Worcester, Mass. ; (3) by Town Library, Lancaster, Mass. ; (4) by
N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Extracts published in "John Leigh and His
Descendants," Lee, 1888.
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181
Lee, Joseph, Rev., of Royalston, Mass., s. of Dr. Joseph and Lucy
(Jones) Lee of Concord, Mass., b. May 12, 1742 ; m. (1) Oct. 26, 1769,
Sarah Barrett of Boston, (2) July 21, 1784, Lucy Jones of Dorchester,
(3) Mrs. Hannah (Brown) Farrar of Shrewsbury ; d. Feb. 16, 1819.
Diary: 1770, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1781 and 1783. Interleaved alma-
nacs. Deaths, weather, exchanges, fires and scattering short entries
of his professional duties and farm life. Rev. Joseph Lee was a
loyalist.
MSS. the first four are owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, the fifth by Mr.
Henry W. Cunningham of Boston and the last by Dr. Chas. L. Nichols
of Worcester. Unpublished.
Lee, William, of Boston, Mass., s. of William and Mary (Cobb)
Lee of Halifax, N. S., b. Dec. 31, 1772 ; m. (1) June 26, 1794, Susan
Palfrey of Boston, (2) Nov. 4, 1830, Mrs. Ann (Amory) McLean ; d.
Feb. 29, 1840.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1796- June 2, 1798. Diary of his trip to Bordeaux,
Paris, London, Holland and voyage back.
MS. extracts published in "John Leigh and his Descendents," by
William Lee, p. 233.
Lees, John, of Quebec, d. probably in Scotland.
Diary : Apr. 23 - Sept. 26, 1768. A trip from London to Boston,
Rhode Island, New York, &c. Description of Boston, Newport and
Providence.
MS. owned by British Museum, London. Additional MSS. 28605.
Published in Detroit, 1811, by C. M. Burton, in Proc. of Soc. of Col.
Wars, Michigan.
Leonard, Lemuel, of Taunton, s. of Dea. Lemuel Leonard, b. Nov.
19, 1782 ; d. 1868.
Diary : July 14, 1793 - Aug. 11, 1845. A record of births, marriages
and deaths, daily weather, personal and general items.
MS. owned by Old Colony Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Leonard, Thomas, Major, of Taunton, Mass., s. of James Leon-
ard of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, b. in England about 1641 ; m. at
Plymouth, Aug. 21, 1662, Mary Watson ; d. Nov. 24, 1713.
Diary : July 22, 1684 - Aug. 12, 1713. A private list of marriages
solemnized by him.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1859, p. 251. Also
in Bristol Co. Telegram, Nov. 20, 1858.
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Leverett, John, Pres., of Harvard College, Cambridge, s. of
Hudson and Sarah (Peyton) Leverett, b. in Boston, Aug. 25, 1662 ;
m. (1) Nov. 25, 1697, Margaret Rogers, (2) Apr. 5, 1722, Sarah
(Crisp) Harris ; d. May 3, 1724.
Diary : (1) Oct. 28, 1707- Aug. 23, 1723. Partly a private diary,
but mainly minutes of corporation meetings.
Diary: (2) Apr. 5, 1696 -Feb. 21, 1696/7, Sept. 5, 1708- Apr. 30,
1710. Sunday diaries, mostly notes on the sermons he heard.
MSS. (1) owned by Harvard College, preserved with their records.
(2) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Lewis, Daniel, Rev., of Pembroke, Mass., s. of John and Hannah
(Lincoln) Lewis, b. Sept. 29, 1685 ; m. Dec. 1, 1712, Elizabeth Hawke
of Hingham ; d. June 29, 1753 in Pembroke.
Diary: 1742, no entries between July 28 and Dec. 31. Interleaved
almanac. Notes on weather, baptisms, burials, marriages, &c. On
the last page is a list of deaths in Pembroke for 1742.
MS. owned by Goodspeed's Book Shop, June, 1915. Extracts in
N. E. Gen. Reg., July, 1915.
L'Hommedieu, Abigail, of Norwich, Conn., dau. of Joseph and
Phebe (Lee) Reynolds, b. Feb. 4, 1774 in Norwich ; m. May 10, 1795,
Giles L'Hommedieu ; d. 1851.
Diary : 1790-1841. "A vivid picture of a girl's life one hundred
years ago." Begins with a kind of autobiography when she took a
journey to Lynn. Personal matters, her suitors, illness with small-
pox, with some letters and ;poems. The journals are fragmentary,
sometimes of trips, or of unusual events in her life or in the lives of
her friends.
MS. in custody of Wm. Corcoran Reynolds, Brookline, Mass. Ex-
tracts published in "Old Houses of Norwich," Perkins.
Lincklaen, John, of Cazenovia, N. Y., s. of Anthony Quiryn and
Gertrude (Hoevan) Lincklaen, b. in Amsterdam, Dec. 24, 1768 ; m.
in Cazenovia, Feb. 22, 1797, Helen Ledyard of Aurora.
Diary: (1) Aug. 3 - Sept. 8, 1791. Journal of exploration in Pa.
and New York.
Diary : (2) Sept. 25 - Oct. 8, 1791. A trip in Vermont, long descrip-
tions of the towns where he stops. Originally written in French.
MSS. owned in 1897 by Miss Helen L. Fairchild. Translation by
Miss Helen L. Fairchild of Cazenovia. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
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Lincoln, Benjamin, Gen., of Hingham, Mass., s. of Col. Benjamin
and Elizabeth (fhaxter) Lincoln; b. Jan. 24, 1733; m. Jan. 15, 1756,
Mary Cushing of Pembroke ; d. May 9, 1810.
Diary : (1) Sept. 3 - Oct. 19, 1777. Covers his plans of co-opera-
tion with D'Estaing.
Diary: (2) Dec. 18, 1778 - June 5, 1779. Warrant book at Charles-
ton, Black Swamp and Silver Bluff.
Diary: (3) Apr. 27 -Sept. 8, 1893. "Of a treaty with the Indian
tribes northwest of the Ohio by commissioners of the United States."
MSS. (1) owned by Berkshire Atheneum, Pittsfield. (2) owned
by N. Y. Public Library. (3) published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., 3d.
Ser., Vol. 5, p. 109.
Lincoln, Rufus, Capt., of Wareham, Mass., s. of Ichabod and
(Coding) Lincoln, b. Nov. 10, 1751 ; m. Lydia Sprague, Oct. 14,
1783 ; d. at Wareham, Feb. 11, 1838.
Diary : June 28, 1776 - Nov. 3, 1783. Part when he was a prisoner
of war on parole at Flatland, L. I., some at Newburgh, N. Y. while in
camp and part after his return home. Relates the siege of Charles-
ton, S. C. and the battle of Long Island and the Jersey campaign.
Also the Saratoga campaign and Burgoyne's surrender.
MS. owned by James M. Lincoln, Wareham, Mass. Privately
printed at Cambridge, Mass., 1904.
Litchfield, Israel, Dea., of Scituate, Mass., s. of Josiah and Sus-
anna (Morey) Litchfield, b. at Scituate, Mass., July 11, 1753 ; m.
Sarah Case, Mar. 26, 1778 ; d. Jan. 14, 1840.
Diary : 1774 - 1775. "Particularly interesting portions are his en-
tries in April, 1775 and again in June of the same year ; also his de-
scriptions of the several journeys to Boston and Chesterfield."
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Also a typewritten copy
copied by Mr. Wilford J. Litchfield. Published in part in "Litchfield
Family in America," No. 5.
Litchfield, Paul, Rev., of Carlisle, Mass., s. of Thomas and Lydia
(Cole) Litchfield, b. at Scituate, Mar. 12, 1752 ; m. Mary Bailey, Jan.
10, 1778 ; d. at Carlisle, Nov. 7, 1817.
Diary: Mar. 23, 1775 - July 19, 1775. Begins at Cambridge when
he was a student.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., Sept. 1882, p. 377.
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Little, Daniel, Jr., Rev., of Wells and Kennebunk, Maine, s. of
Daniel and Abiah (Clement) Little, b. at Haverhill, Mass., July 18,
1724 ; m. (1) Mary Emerson of Maiden, Nov. 1751, (2) Sarah Coffin,
June 6, 1759; d. Dec. 5, 1801 at Wells.
Diary : (1) July 31 - Sept. 30, 1786. Daily entries of a trip among
the Indians especially at Castine and Warren. He tells the places
where he stopped, the people whom he met, and gives an account of
his work among the Indians. He taught school and studied the In-
dian language.
Diary : (2) July 1 - Oct. 10, 1774. Also a journal of a trip among
the Indians at Gouldsborough, Castine, Mt. Desert and Belfast.
Diary: (3) Sept. 18, 1787 -July 16, 1788 (this last is only an ex-
tract.) Kept mostly at Penobscot. Part of the time at Oldtown.
He gives an account of a conference with the Indians.
MSS. a copy, probably of extracts only, made in 1838 by Daniel
Sewell is now in possession of the Unitatrian Church at Kennebunk.
Unpublished.
Little, Enoch., Dea., of Boscawen, N. H., s. of Enoch and Han-
nah (Hovey) Little, b. in Newbury, Mass., Jan. 17, 1763; m. Nov. 30,
1790, Polly Noyes ; d. Mar. 31, 1848.
Diary : 1766 - 1819. "Although his entries are brief and almost
phonographic, yet they are so true that from them we get, now and
then, a complete picture of the times." Begins with a kind of auto-
biography.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Boscawen," p. 403.
Little, Moses, Col., of Newbury, Mass., s. of Moses and Sarah
(Jacques) Little, b. May 8, 1724; m. June 5, 1743, Abigail Bailey ;
d. May 27, 1798.
Diary: Sept. 16, 1747-1762. Personal matters, memoranda of
his building his house at Turkey Hill, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. James W. Hale, Newburyport. Extracts pub-
lished in "Little Genealogy."
Livermore, Daniel, of Concord, N. H., s. of David and Abigail
(Kimball) Livermore, b. in Watertown, Apr. 7, 1749 ; m. 1785, Sarah
Walker; d. June 22, 1798.
Diary : May 17 - Dec. 7, 1779. "A journal of the march of Gen.
Poor's brigade from Soldier's Fortune on the Western Expedition."
It is an itinerary of Sullivan's Expedition, together "with such obser-
vations upon its work and the character of the country through which-
it passed as a thoughtful and intelligent New England soldier would
be likely to make."
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
185
MS. owned by Mr. Wm. O. Fiske, Concord. Published in N. H.
Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. 6, p. 398. Also in "Livermore Family," Thwing.
Livermore, Samuel, of Holderness, N. H., s. of Samuel and Han-
nah (Brown) Livermore, b. May 14, 1732, in Waltham, Mass. ; m.
Sept. 22, 1759, Jane Browne of Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. May 18, 1803.
Diary : (1) Sept. 5, 1751 - Sept. 22, 1752. Of a trip from Boston
in the sloop Lydia to Princeton, N. J. Gives interesting glimpses of
the manners in the middle of the last century. Also expenses of his
senior year at college.
Diary: (2) Sept. 24 -Dec. 7, 1755. Journal of a soldier who goes
through Hatfield, Fort Massachusetts, Saratoga, Fort Edward to Al-
bany and home. The internal evidence seems to indicate that this
was written by a son of Samuel Livermore and probably by Samuel,
Jr.
MSS. (1) owned by Princeton University. Cited in Putnam's
Mag., May and June, 1857. (2) copy owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Livingstone, John, Major, of New London, Conn., s. of Robert
and Alida (van Schlechtenhorst) (van Rensaleer) Livingstone, b. Apr.
26, 1680 ; m. (1) Apr. 2, 1701, Mary Winthrop of New London, (2)
Elizabeth Knight ; d. Feb. 19, 1720.
Diary: Oct. 15, 1710 -Feb. 2, 1711. Of the expedition from Port
Royal by way of the Penobscot River overland to Quebec despatched
by General Nicholson after the capture of Port Royal. The manu-
script "details the unusual hardships encountered on the route through
a pathless wilderness during the approaching winter; and particular-
ly notices Major Livingstone's attempt to recover Eunice Williams,
daughter of the minister of Deerfleld made captive at the memorable
assault of that town by the Indians in 1703."
MS. owned by Chicago Hist. Soc. Transcript by Mass. Hist. Soc.
among the F. L. Gay papers. Extracts published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro., 1st Ser., Vol. 5, p. 230.
Longfellow, Stephen, Lieut., of Byfleld, Mass., s. of William
and Anne (Sewall) Longfellow, b. in Newbury, Sept. 22, 1685 ; m.
Abigail Thompson of Marshfield ; d. Nov. 7, 1764.
Diary : 1710 - 1752. "It is an invaluable mirror of its times."
MS. owned by Mrs. Horace Longfellow, 11 East Newton St., Boston,
Mass. Unpublished.
Longfellow, Stephen, and his descendants, of Gorham, Me., s.
of William and Abigail (Thompson) Longfellow of Newbury, Mass.,
186
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b. Feb. 7, 1723 ; m. Oct. 19, 1749, Tabitha Bragdon of York, Me. ;
d. May 1, 1790 in Gorham.
Diary : 1768 - 1892. Almanacs. They "contain much of historic
interest regarding the family. They cover the Longfellow and Stev-
enson lines at the farm at Gorham." — N. Goold.
MS. owned by Maine Historical Society. Unpublished.
Loomis, Timothy, of Windsor, Conn., s. of Timothy and Rebecca
(Porter) Loomis of Windsor, b. Feb. 22, 1691 ; m. Apr. 5, 1722, Han-
nah Phelps; d. Aug. 12, 1740.
Diary: Aug. 29, 1710 -Oct. 15, 1742 (dates of quotations.) Mem-
orandum book. Extracts relate to the war.
\ MS. quoted in Stile's "Hist, of Windsor," pp. 241 and 243.
Lord, Joseph, Rev., of Chatham, Mass., s. of Thomas and Alice
(Rand) Lord, b. Sept. 24, 1670 ; m. (1) June 2, 1698, Abigail Hinck-
ley, (2) Nov. 16, 1743, Bethia Smith ; d. June 6, 1748.
Diary: 1720-1748 (dates of extracts). "Embracing two parcels
stitched together and fourteen book leaves. They are a wonder." —
Henry M. Dexter in Cape Cod Hist.
MS. owned in 1866 by Amos Otis of Barnstable. Cited in Free-
man's "Cape Cod," Vol. II, p. 596. Printed in Yarmouth Register,
Dec. 17, 1846.
Loring, Israel, Rev., of Sudbury, Mass., s. of John and Rachel
(Wheatly) Loring, b. at Hull, Mass., Apr. 5, 1682; m. May 25, 1709,
Mary Hayman of Charlestown, d. Mar. 9, 1772.
Diary: (l) May 20, 1748 -May 8,1750; Jan. 1, 1752 -Apr. 25,
1759; July 28, 1762 -Nov. 3, 1765. "Mr. Loring left a manuscript
journal of thirty volumes of 224 pages each, closely written, contain-
ing not only a record of all the more important events connected
with his ministry but a great amount of important biographical
material."
Diary: (2) May 13, 1750 -Dec. 31, 1751. (3) Sept. 1, 1770- Jan.
1, 1772.
MSS. (1) owned by Goodnow Library, So. Sudbury. Abstracts by
Conn. Hist. Soc. (2) by Mass. Hist. Soc. (3) by Conn. Hist. Soc.
(2) and (3) similar to (1) in contents. These make eight volumes of
the original thirty. All unpublished.
Loring, Nicholas, Rev., of North Yarmouth, Me., s. of John, Jr.
and Jane (Baker) Loring, b. Sept. 1, 1711 ; m. Feb. 17, 1737, Mary
Richmond of Tiverton, R. I. ; d. July 21, 1763.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
187
Diary : Mar. 1735 - Nov. 1736. Places he visited, texts of sermons,
vital statistics, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. Edward D. Loring of Walnut Hill, Me. Ex-
tracts published in "Old Times in North Yarmouth," p. 1105.
Lothrop, John, Rev., of Scituate, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mary
Lothrop, bapt. at Etton, Yorkshire, Dec. 20, 1584 ; m. (2) widow Ann
Hammond, Feb. 17, 1636/7 ; d. in Barnstable, Nov. 8, 1653.
Diary : Jan. 8, 1634 - June 15, 1653. A private record, mostly of
the happenings in the church.
MS. copy made by Rev. Dr. Stiles in 1769 from the original, in
Yale College Library. They form the basis of Scituate and Barn-
stable Church Records in Vols. IX and X, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg.
Lovejoy, Nathaniel, of Andover, Mass., s. of Nathaniel, Jr. and
Elizabeth Lovejoy, b. in Andover, Apr. 29, 1744; d.. July 5, 1812.
Diary : 1762 - 6, 1768 - 9, 1772, 1776, 1778, 1780 - 1799. Interleaved
almanacs. Largely a record of weather. Written in a plain, nearly
vertical hand. Mentions various places where he goes and family
and personal matters.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Lovell, Solomon, Gen., of Weymouth, Mass., s. of David and
Mary (Torrey) Lovell, b. June 1, 1732; m. (1) Jan. 19, 1758, Lydia
Holbrook, (2) May, 1762, Hannah Pittey; d. Sept. 9, 1801.
Diary : July 15 - Aug. 14, 1779. A journal of the Penobscot ex-
pedition. "While it may not perhaps present any new facts in rela-
tion to the matter of which it treats, it gives a clearer insight into
the details of that unfortunate affair and affords better means of judg-
ing with whom the blame should rest."
MS. owned by his granddaughters Mrs. Mary Lovell and Miss
Selina Wildes. Published in Weymouth Hist. Soc. Colls., 1881.
Lovewell, John, Capt., of Dunstable, Mass., s. of John and Anna
(Hassell) Lovewell, b. in Dunstable, Oct. 14, 1691 ; m. Hannah ;
d. May 8, 1725, in Lovewell's Fight.
Diary: (1) Jan. 27 -Feb. 21,1724/5. Brief entries of his second
campaign against the Indians.
Diary : (2) Feb. 9 - Feb. 23, 1724/5. An inexact copy of the above
by Jacob Houghton, the first town clerk of Bolton. This was made
in a pocket-book which contains entries by his descendants of suc-
ceeding generations.
188
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MSS. (I) in Mass. State Archives, Vol. 38A, leaf 86. (2) owned
by Lancaster Public Library. (1) Published in the "Expedition of
Capt. John Lovewell," by Kidder, Boston, 1865. Also in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., Vol. VII, p. 62. (2) in Nourse's "Early Records of Lancas-
ter," p. 230 and in Address of Rev. Richard S. Edes's delivered at
Bolton, July 4, 1876, p. 36.
Lukens, Jesse, of Franconia, Pa., s. of Surveyor-Gen. John and
Sarah (Lukens) Lukens, b. Aug. 8, 1748 ; d. Dec. 25, 1776.
Diary: Sept. 13 -Sept. 18,1775. In the form of a letter to Mr.
John Shaw, Jr. He gives incidents in the siege of Boston and of Col.
Arnold's setting out on his trip to Quebec.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library. Published in Am. Hist.
Rec, Vol. I, p. 546 and in Boston Pub. Lib. Bulletin, Jan. 1900. Also
in "Hist, of Chelsea," p. 646.
Lunt, Paul, of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Cutting and Deborah
(Jacques) Lunt, b. Mar. 30, 1747 ; m. (1) Feb. 2, 1775, Margaret
Coffin, (2) Feb. 5, 1790, Hannah Adams ; d. Nov. 26, 1824.
Diary : May 10 - Dec. 23, 1775. "A journal of travels from New-
buryport to Cambridge and in the Camp." A record of parades,
funerals, being on guard, occasional alarms and attacks.
MS. owned by Mr. Daniel A. Lunt, High St., Newburyport. Pub-
lished in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Vol. 12, p. 192. Also reprint, Boston,
1872.
Lunt, , of York, Maine, s. of Abram and Miriam (Moulton)
Lunt.
Diary : 1775-1807. "A Book of Mortality." A private list of
deaths in York and vicinity, sometimes giving the cause of death and
some relationships.
MS. in the office of the Town Clerk. Published in pamphlet form
by Marquis F. King.
Lyman, Daniel, Sr., Major, Aide to Major-General Heath, of
Providence, R. L, s. of Thomas and Ann Lyman, b. in Durham, Conn.,
Apr. 10, 1756 ; m. Jan. 10, 1782, Mary Wanton of Newport ; d. Dec.
30, 1830 near Providence.
Diary : Jan. 1 - July 20, 1780. Gives daily events in the army ;
commences in New York, goes to Conn., stays in Durham a while
and goes on to New Haven. Later to Boston, Providence and New-
port. His own movements which often included those of the army.
He has a good deal of social life, dinners, teas, &c. Gives an account
of welcoming the French allies in Newport.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
189
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc, presented by Mr. Jesse
Metcalf. Unpublished.
Lyman, Joseph, Rev., of Hatfield, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Beth-
iah (Clark) Lyman, b. Apr. 3, 1749 ; m. Hannah Huntington ; d. Mar.
27, 1828.
Diary : July 9, 1777 - Aug. 9, 1777. "Narrative of an expedition to
Saratoga. He seems not to have enlisted but to have gone with the
company under Capt. Seth Murray of Hatfield ; marched with the men
and preached on Sundays. Little active fighting took place but the
diary tells of skirmishes, raids by Indians, rumors of Ticonderoga,
Burgoyne, &c. Very little religious or other reflection, simple state-
ment of facts. The Indian Allies of the British figure frequently."
MS. owned by the Congregational Library, Boston, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Lyman, Simeon, of Sharon, Conn, and Salisbury, Conn., s. of Sim-
eon and Abigail (Beebe) Lyman, b. in Salisbury, Conn., Jan. 17, 1754 ;
m. Dec. 7, 1780, Joannah Palmer; d. in Sharon, Conn.
Diary: Aug. 10 -Dec. 28, 1775. A journal of the Revolution. A
march through Farmington, Hartford, Cambridge, Roxbury to Lex-
ington, Boston, Western Massachusetts, back to his home. An en-
tertaining account of a common soldier's life. Entries largely of his
personal doings.
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Published in Conn. Hist. Soc.
Colls., Vol. VII, p. 113.
Lynde, Benjamin, of Salem, Mass., s. of Simon and Hannah (New-
gate) Lynde, b. Sept. 22, 1666 ; m. Mary Browne of Salem, Apr. 27,
1699 ; d. Jan. 28, 1745.
Diary: Aug. 9, 1690 -Nov. 6,1742. "The following diaries [of
father and son] are fragmentary and contain little of especial histor-
ical value, but they may serve to recall names and events that belong
to the earlier years of the Province, while they record the daily life
of persons holding official positions during a period with which many
are now unfamiliar."
MS. privately printed, Boston, 1880, edited by Dr. F. E. Oliver.
Lynde, Benjamin, Jr., of Salem, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Mary
(Browne) Lynde, b. Oct. 5, 1700; m. Nov. 1, 1731, Mrs. Mary (Bowles)
Goodridge of Roxbury; d. Oct. 5, 1781.
Diary : (1) Apr. 3, 1721 - Apr. 24, 1780. "This diary seems to be
a summary made by himself from a series of interleaved almanacs."
190
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary : (2) Almanacs from which extracts are given in the printed
book are for the years of 1721, 1724, 1730, 1737, 1739, 1749, 1751,
1756 and 1770. These are used to supplement the summary made
by the writer.
MSS. printed privately in Boston, 1880, edited by Dr. F. E. Oliver.
Lyon, Lemuel, of Woodstock, Conn., in Capt. David Holmes' Co.,
s. of Caleb and Margaret (Lyon) Lyon, b. in Seekonk, Mass., June 4,
1738 ; m. (1) Hannah Dresser of Oxford, Mass., Oct. 10, 1763, (2)
Mary ; d. in New York City.
Diary: Apr. 5 -Nov. 1,1758. Of the Canadian Expedition. A
journal of a soldier's daily life.
MS. published at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1855.
Lyon, Walter, Rev., of Pomfret, Conn., s. of Samuel and
(Paine) Lyon, b. at Woodstock, Conn., Sept. 23, 1757 ; m. Mary Hunt-
ingdon of Lebanon, Sept. 1, 1785 ; d. at Pomfret, Feb. 11, 1826.
Diary: 1781. An interleaved almanac; mostly of his own move-
ments.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
McClellan, John, of Woodstock, Conn., s. of Gen. Samuel and
Rachel (Abbe) McClellan, b. Jan 6, 1767 ; m. Faith Williams ; d. Aug.
1, 1858.
Diary : (1) 1783. Kept while he was a student at Yale.
Diary : (2) 1786 - 1789. In Norwich while he was studying law with
Gen. Huntington.
Diary : (3) May 6 - June 27, 1788. A journey on horseback through
the wilderness from Lebanon to Albany and return and observations
along the way.
MSS. owned by Miss Jessy T. McClellan, Woodstock, Conn. (3)
published in Conn. Magazine, Vol. 9, p. 185.
MacClintock, Samuel, Rev., of Greenland, N. H., s. of William
MacClintock, b. May 1, 1732 in Medford, Mass. ; m. (1) 1754, Mary
Montgomery of Portsmouth, N. H., (2) Mrs. Darling ; d. Apr. 27,
1804.
Diary : May 26 - Aug. 28, 1760. He was chaplain in Colonel Goffe's
regiment and goes from N. H. to Conn., Otter Creek, Crown Point,
&c. He is a prominent figure in the picture of Bunker Hill repre-
senting the fall of General Warren, and the subject of Mrs. Sigour-
ney's poem "The Prayer on Bunker Hill."
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
191
MS. owned by N. H. Hist. Soc. in Belknap papers. Copy by Li-
brary of Congress. Unpublished.
McClure, David, Rev., of Boston, Yale College, Lebanon, Conn.,
Dartmouth, North Hampton, N. H., and Windsor, Conn., s. of John
and Rachel (McClintock) McClure, b. at Newport, R. L, Nov. 18, 1748 ;
m. (1) Dec. 10, 1780, Hannah Pomeroy of Hebron, Conn., (2) Mrs.
Betsey Martin of Providence, R. I., Oct. 1, 1819 ; d. June 25, 1820.
Diary: (1) June 7, 1766 - May 13, 1819. "In 1805 Dr. McClure
seems to have undertaken to write up these fitful entries in another
book, adding in doing so later material under the earlier dates. Af-
ter that he continued the diary in the same fitful manner." He had
charge of Moor's Charity School at Lebanon and also went as mis-
sionary to the Indians. The entries are long and there is much of
interest in them, especially those relating to the Indians.
Diary : (2) 1799. Diary kept during a two months trip to Maine
and Boston, with a list of books.
MSS. (1) owned by John P. Peters of Beth Shalom, in part, and
partly by Mrs. W. D. Peters of Chicago, 111., (2) by Dartmouth Col-
lege Library. Privately printed, Knickerbocker Press, 1899. Notes
by F. B. Dexter, M. A.
McCurtin, Daniel, of Pennsylvania.
Diary: July 18, 1775 -May 29, 1776. Of the siege of Boston and
the camp at Cambridge and at Roxbury.
MS. owned in 1857 by Mr. L. Clark Davis of Philadelphia. Pub-
lished by the Seventy Six Society. Also in "Papers relating to the
Maryland Line," Balch, Philadelphia, 1857.
McKendry, William, Col., of Stoughton, Mass., s. of John and
Mary (Tolman) McKendry, bapt. May 19, 1751 ; m. Ruth Tucker of
Milton, Dec. 15, 1785; d. in Canton, Mass., Aug. 23, 1798.
Diary : Oct. 25, 1777 - June 3, 1780. Quartermaster of Col. Ichabod
Alden's Regiment. Affairs in the regiment, many persons mentioned ;
some quite long entries. "The writer of the journal was at Cherry
Valley at the time of the Massacre. He was with Clinton's column
in Sullivan's expedition. He describes the damning up of Lake
Otsego. ... He also contributes some valuable and interesting tes-
timony as to the houses of the Indian town." — A. McF. Davis.
MS. owned in 1886 by Mr. Wm. Henry McKendry of Ponkapoag,
Mass. Copy by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro.,
May 1886. Also in Cook's "Journal of Sullivan's Campaign," re-
print, Cambridge, 1886.
192
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MacSparran, James, Rev., D. D., of Narragansett, R. L, b. in
Derry, Ireland, Sept. 10, 1693 ; m. Hannah Gardiner of South Kings-
ton, May 22, 1722 ; d. Dec. 1, 1757.
Diary : May 29, 1743 - Dec. 26, 1751. "It gives not only a record of
the public and professional activity of a very able and laborious parish
clergyman and missionary but an adequate notion of Dr. MacSpar-
ran's private existence and many interesting glimpses of social life
in Narragansett in the middle of the last century."
MS. owned by the Convention of the Diocese of Rhode Island.
Published by Merrymount Press, Boston.
Macy, Obed, of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Caleb and Judith (Folger)
(Gardner) Macy, b. Jan. 15, 1762 ; m. Feb. 2, 1786, Abigail Pinkham ;
d. Dec. 24, 1844.
Diary : Jan. 2, 1799 - Oct. 8, 1800. "A journal of the most remark-
able events." Weather, deaths, the sailing and arrival of boats, some
foreign news, and fires. He was a Quaker.
MS. copy owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, given by Mr. Silvanus
J. Macy. Unpublished.
Macy, Zaccheus, of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Richard and Deborah
(Pinkham) Macy, b. at Nantucket, Dec. 7, 1713 ; m. Hepsabeth Gard-
ner, Oct. 2, 1734 ; d. Oct. 27, 1797.
Diary: Sept. 2, 1659 -Nov. 15, 1692. "A short journal of the first
settlement of the island of Nantucket with some of the remarkable
things that have happened since." Really a narrative of the early
history of Nantucket, covering only a few pages.
MS. some of his manuscripts were owned by Sylvanus J. Macy of
New York in 1868. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., 1794, Vol.
Ill, p. 155.
Malsburg, Friedrich, v. d. Capt., of Hesse, Germany.
Diary: Feb. 1776 - Nov. 16, 1780. He was commander of the Hes-
sian regiment. A very full journal of the siege of Newport.
MS. used as a basis for "Operations in Rhode Island," R. I., Tracts,
Vol. I, No. 6.
.Manasses, Paul, an Indian, of Yarmouth, Mass., m. "April the 10,
1718 we was married."
Diary : May, 1714 - Mar. 29, 1718. Largely accounts, kept mostly
in English with some Indian words and phrases. A few family items,,
births, etc.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES 193
MS. owned by Mr. R. H. Hefler, Dennis, Mass.; typewritten copy
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Mann, Samuel, of Wrentham, Mass., s. of Samuel and Mehitable
(Nicholson) Mann, b. Dec. 2, 1737 ; d. Nov. 15, 1818.
Diary: 1774-1779 and 1781. Almanacs with marginal notes,
deaths, finance, weather, the war, &c.
MSS. owned by C. F. Libbie & Co. Unpublished.
Mann, Sarah (Haynes), Mrs., of Dedham, Mass., dau. of Wil-
liam and Sarah (Chandler) Haynes, b. June 8, 1773 ; m. Herman
Mann ; d. Oct. 27, 1825.
Diary : 1794 and 1795. There are also later entries to 1820/5.
Home life and personal matters.
MS. owned by Mrs. Anna M. Pickford of Newton Centre, Mass.
Unpublished.
Manning, James, First President of Brown University, s. of Isaac
and Catherine Manning, b. in Elizabeth, N. J., Oct. 22, 1738 ; m. Mar.
23, 1763, Margaret Stites of Elizabeth ; d. July 29, 1791.
Diary : Apr. 26 - Sept. 26, 1779. "A journal of a trip to New York,
New Jersey and Philadelphia. It abounds in historical incidents and
allusions and presents an excellent daguerrotype view of the author's
private life. As an illustration of the times in which he lived and of
the general condition of society it is an exceedingly valuable docu-
ment."
MS. published in "Life of James Manning," by R. A. Guild, 1864.
Mansise, Simeon, Capt., of Haverhill, Mass., b. 1749 ; m. Aug.
20, 1767, Eiice Webster ; d. May 11, 1822.
Diary: 1791. Federal almanac with marginal notes. Farming,
personal affairs, sailing of ships. He was a ship carpenter.
MS. owned by Mr. S. L. Munson, Albany, N. Y. Unpublished.
Marchant, Henry, of Kingston, R. L, s. of Huxford and Sarah
( ) Marchant, b. at Edgartown, June 14, 1741 ; m. Rebecca Cook,
Jan. 1765; d. at Newport, R. I., Aug. 30, 1796.
Diary: July 13 -Sept. 5, 1771. Diary of a trip to England regard-
ing the boundary lines of Mass. and R. I.
MS. copy owned by Major Henry Hastings, Boston.
Marratt, John, Rev., of Woburn, Mass., s. of Amos and Mary
(Dunster) Marratt, b. in Cambridge, Sept. 10, 1741 ; m. Dec. 16,
1779, Martha Jones ; d. Feb. 18, 1813.
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Diary: 1775-6, 1780, 1799 and 1800. Interleaved almanacs. Be-
sides notes of the weather, descriptions of journeys, memoranda of
parish work and farming, it contains accounts of noted public events
such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and the battles of
Lexington and Bunker Hill. The manuscript probably was destroyed
in the fire which burned the home of Mr. Samuel Sewall in Burling-
ton. There is also a list of deaths kept by him from 1775 to 1813,
owned by Mrs. N. L. S. Bennett of Burlington.
MSS. extracts published in Hurd's "Middlesex," Vol. I, p. 674 and
in "Henry Dunster and His Descendants," Dunster, p. 81.
Marshall, John, of Braintree, Mass., son of John and Ruth Mar-
shall, b. in Boston, Oct. 2, 1664; m. May 12, 1690, Mrs. Mary (Shef-
field) Mills ; d. Oct. 25, 1732.
Diary : Jan. 24, 1688/9 - Dec. 30, 1711. "Here is contained in this
book some brief memorials of my own business, how I spend my
time, what work I do and when ; some remarkable providences re-
corded and the weather remembered."
MS. owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc. 236 pages. Extracts published
in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Apr. 1884 and also in 1900 and 1901. Also
in "Appendix to Two Discourses," by Rev. W. P. Lunt, 1840. Some-
times incorrectly called Fairfield's Diary.
Marston, Benjamin, Col., of Marblehead, Mass. and Nova Scotia,
s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Winslow) Marston, b. in Salem, Sept.
30, 1730 ; m. Nov. 13, 1755, Sarah Sweet of Marblehead ; d. Aug. 10,
1792.
Diary : June 10, 1776- June 27, 1787 also letters of his to Mar. 26,
1792. Written in three manuscript books. Hand writing, spelling
and composition excellent as befits a graduate of Harvard. Describes
his chequered career as a loyalist and his experience as a trader,
captain and supercargo, surveyor, magistrate, sheriff, &c. Scene of
his adventures, Marblehead, Plymouth, Boston, Halifax, New York,
Philadelphia, West Indies, Newfoundland, Annapolis and Shelburne,
N. S., St. John of Miramichi, N. B., London, England and Bulama
where he died."
MS. owned by Mrs. G. D. Deland of Vancouver, B. C. Partly pub-
lished in Coll. of New Bruswick Hist. Soc, No. 4, pp. 95/108, 1899,
No. 7, pp. 79/112, 1907, No. 8, pp. 204/277, 1909.
Mascarene, John, Collector of the Port of Salem, Mass., s. of Jean
Paul and Elizabeth (Perry) Mascarene of Boston, b. Apr. 11, 1722 ;
m. Aug. 9, 1750, Margaret Holyoke of Cambridge ; d. Sept. 24, 1779.
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Diary: Apr. 19 -Oct. 12, 1775. War news and public affairs.
MS. an extract published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. 13, p. 236.
i— Mascarene, Paul, Capt., of Boston, s. of John and Margaret (de
Salavy) Mascarene, b. in France, 1684; m. pub. Apr. 21, 1714, Eliza-
beth Perry of Boston ; d. Jan. 22, 1760.
Diary: (1) Nov. 8, 1710- Sept. 10, 1711. Kept at Annapolis Royal
when the British first took possession of it. Life in the barracks.
Written in the form of a letter to Col. Francis Nicholson two years
after the events had happened but from a journal which he kept at
the time.
Diary : (2) Apr. 28, 1720 - Apr. 26, 1725. "Kept at Annapolis,
containing letters and orders from and to him, requisitions on store
keepers for supplies, advertisement and contract for same, estimates
and comparison of cost, examination of Lt. Washington, &c." Capt.
Mascarene was commandant at Annapolis.
MSS. (1) published in Nova Scotia Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. IV, p. 69.
(2) copy owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, among F. L. Gay papers. Un-
published.
Mason, Jonas, of North Yarmouth, Me., s. of John and Elizabeth
(Spring) Mason, b. at Lexington, Oct. 21, 1708; m. Feb. 23, 1731/2,
Mary Chandler ; d. Mar. 13, 1801.
Diary: (1) 1745, (2) 1746, 1756, (3) 1751, (4) 1795. All are inter-
leaved almanacs with entries of personal matters, farming notes,
sailing of boats, Indian alarms and many vital statistics. Some pen
and ink drawings.
MSS. (1) owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, (2) extracts published in
Confession of Faith of North Yarmouth Church, (3) extracts pub-
lished in "Old Times in North Yarmouth," p. 1188, (4) owned by Am.
Antiq. Soc
Mason, Joseph, and Marmaduke, of Warren, R. I., s. of Joseph
and Lydia (Bowen) Mason, b. in Swansea, Mass., Apr. 30, 1687 ; m.
June 3, 1714, Elizabeth Barney ; d. Apr. 28, 1761. Marmaduke was
his son, b. Sept. 14, 1732 ; m. (1) Hannah Anthony, Feb. 25, 1752,
(2) Mrs. Elizabeth (Cole) O'Kelley, Dec. 12, 1781 ; d. June 28, 1798.
Diary : 1739 - Nov. 18, 1794. "The first part is evidently reminis-
cient and may have been written about 1739 ending with the enumer-
ation of offices held by him in 1738. Variations in the shade of the
ink show that the entries following were made at different periods
and up to a time six months prior to his death are unmistakably in
the handwriting of Joseph Mason. . . . With two exceptions the
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continuation of the journal is entirely by Marmaduke Mason whose
entries are scattered here and there through the book."
MS. owned by Miss Saraphine Augusta Gardner of Providence,
R. I. Published in "Genealogy of the Sampson Mason Family," by
A. H. Mason, Pt. 1, p. 48.
Mather, Cotton, Rev., of Boston, s. of Rev. Increase and Maria
(Cotton) Mather, b. in Boston, Feb. 12, 1662/3; m. (1) May 4, 1686,
Abigail Phillipps of Charlestown, (2) Aug. 18, 1703, Mrs. Elizabeth
(Clarke) Hubbard, (3) Mrs. Lee George; d. Feb. 3, 1728.
Diary: (1) 1681, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1693, 1697, 1698, 1700-02,
1705-07, 1718, 1721 and 1724, (2) 1691, 1692, 1696, 1699, 1703, 1709,
1711, 1713 and 1717, (3) 1716. Largely of his religious experiences
with rather obscure allusions to passing events and to his friends and
neighbors.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, (2) by Am. Antiq. Soc, (3)
by the Congregational Library, Boston. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Coll., 7th Ser., Vols. 7 and 8.
There is also an autobiographical volume called "The Paterna," .
which contains some remarkable providences and is owned by the
Chicago Hist. Soc.
Mather, Eleazar, of Northampton, Mass., s. of Rev. Richard and
Catherine (Hoult) Mather, b. in Dorchester, May 13, 1637 ; m. Sept.
29, 1659, Esther Warham of Windsor ; d. July 24, 1669.
Diary : July 10, 1669. This diary is probably lost. Cotton Mather
his nephew says : "He kept a Diary of his experiences."
Mather, Increase, Rev., of Boston, Mass., s. of Rev. Richard and
Catharine (Hoult) Mather, b, in Dorchester, June 21, 1639 ; m. Mar.
6, 1662, Maria Cotton of Boston ; d. Aug. 23, 1723.
Diary: (1) 1674-1721 with omissions, (2) 1660, 1668, 1693, 1695,
1696, 1698, 1702, 1704, 1706, 1717 and 1721. Interleaved almanacs,
some are incomplete. "The entries contain many pious ejaculations
of the writer and illustrate the working of his mind on everyday
subjects. They are of interest as giving the kind of food that was then
thought needful for the mental and spiritual growth of the religious
man." Gives his early life, illnesses with remedies used, funerals,
news of Indian wars, family matters, &c.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, (2) by American Antiquarian
Society. Extracts (1674 - 1687) published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro.,
Jan., 1900.
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Mather, Nathaniel, of Boston, s. of Increase and Maria (Cotton)
Mather, b. July 6, 1669 ; unmarried ; d. Oct. 17, 1688.
Diary : Feb. 19, 1682, until probably about the time of his death.
The extracts are of a religious character, sometimes occasioned by
some event in his life.
• MS. extracts published in Mather's "Magnalia," Vol. 2, p. 130.
Matthews, John, of New Braintree, Mass., s. of Daniel, Jr., and
Huldah (Putnam) Matthews, b. Dec. 18, 1765 in New Braintree.
Diary: July 10, 1786 -Apr. 28, 1787. His journey from Massa-
chusetts to the Ohio where he joins other surveyors. Descriptions of
his work, visits to the Indian camps. Part of the time he has charge
of the stores at Fort Steuben. "It was the most careful report as to
soil and climate of the region of the proposed Ohio Co. purchase that
came back to New England."
MS. owned by Marietta College. Published in Marietta College
Hist. Colls., Vol. Ill, p. 187.
Maxwell, Hugh, of Bedford, Mass., s. of Hugh Maxwell, b. in
Minterburn, Tyrone Co., Ireland, Apr. 17, 1733 ; m. Bridget Munroe
of Lexington, 1759 ; d. Oct. 14, 1799.
Diary: Oct. 9, 1762 -Feb. 2, 1795 (dates of extracts). Personal
experiences and reflections on them. Part of it was kept when he
was in the French and Indian wars and part in the Revolution.
MS. many of his journals are lost. Some were owned by the
family in 1833. Extracts were published in "The Christian Patriot,"
N. Y., 1833.
Maxwell, Thompson, Major, of Milford (then Amherst), N. H.,
s. of Hugh Maxwell from Ireland, b. at Bedford, Mass., Sept. 11,
1742 ; m. (1) Oct. 1763, Sybel Wyman of Lexington ; d. near Detroit,
when past ninety, about 1830.
Diary : 1757 - 1813. Compiled from manuscript written out from
his dictation. This is not a diary but he relates what he did from
day to day. It is a narrative of his life including the French and
Indian wars and the battle of Bunker Hill and Sullivan's Expedition
during the Revolution. Also memoranda of his services in the War
of 1812.
MS. owned by Essex Institute. Published in Essex Inst. Hist.
Colls., Vol. 7, p. 97.
May, Abigail, of Boston, dau. of Col. John and Abigail (May)
May, b. Nov. 27, 1775 ; unmarried ; d. Sept. 9, 1800.
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Diary : (1) July, 1796. A trip to Portland.
Diary: (2) Mar. 1800- Aug. 30, 1800. At Ballston, N. Y.
MSS. owned by Dr. Robert H. Edes, Reading, Mass. Unpublished.
May, John, Col,, of Boston, Mass., s. of Eleazar and Dorothy
(Davis) May, b. in Pomfret, Conn., Nov. 24, 1748 ; m. Feb. 16, 1773,
Abigail May; d. July 16, 1812.
Diary : Apr. 14- Sept. 3, 1788. Of a journey to the Ohio, the places
mentioned are those on the way to Marietta.
MS. owned in 1873 by Rev. R. S. Edes ; at the same time Mr. Ed-
ward Tuckerman owned a so-called journal which was probably ex-
tracts from letters. Copies of both of these owned by Dr. Robert T.
Edes, Reading, Mass. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1876.
May, John, of East Woodstock, Conn., s. of John and Prudence
(Bridge) May of Roxbury, b. Nov. 23, 1686; m. Elizabeth Child of
Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 18, 1711; d. Mar. 1, 1770.
Diary: June 8, 1708 -May 11, 1717. "Mostly a record of days
work but has local items of interest in this locality." — Miss Larned.
MS. owned by Mr. John May, East Woodstock, Conn., deposited
with Am. Antiq. Soc. Extracts published in "My Ancestors," by Ly-
man May Paine, 1914, p. 94.
May, Joseph, of Boston, Mass., s. of Samuel and Abigail (Williams)
May, b. Mar. 25, 1760 ; m. Dec. 28, 1784, Dorothy Sewall ; d. Feb.
27, 1841.
Diary : 1782 - 1839. Interleaved almanacs, with occasional notes,
deaths, marriages, public events and family matters.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by Mrs. James G. Freeman.
Unpublished.
Mayhew, Experience, Rev., of Marthas Vineyard, Mass., s. of
Rev. John Mayhew, b. Jan. 27, 1672/3 ; m. (1) Nov. 12, 1695 at Barn-
stable, Thankful Hinckley, (2) Brown ; d. Nov. 29, 1758.
Diary: (1) Oct. 12 -Nov. 13, 1713. "A brief journal of my visita-
tion of the Pequots and Mohegan Indians at the desire of the Honor-
able Commissioners for the Propogation of the Gospel among the
Indians in New England, 1713."
Diary: (2) Sept. 21 -Nov. 4, 1714. A visitation of the Indians in
the Connecticut Colony.
MSS. owned in 1806 by the New England Company, London.
Published in "Correspondence of the New England Company," Lon-
don, 1896, pp. 97-127.
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199
Meigs, Return Jonathan, Major, of Middletown, Conn., s. of
Return and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs, b. in Middletown, Dec. 17,
1740 ; m. (1) Joanna Winborn of Middletown, Feb. 14, 1764, (2)
Grace Starr of Middletown, Dec. 22, 1774 ; d. Jan. 28, 1823 at the
Cherokee Agency.
Diary : Sept. 9, 1775 - Jan. 1776. "A journal of Occurences which
happened within the circle of my observation in the detatchment
commanded by Col. Benedict Arnold consisting of two battalions
which were detached from the army at Cambridge in the year 1775."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Society. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Colls., 2d ser., Vol. 2, p. 227. Also in Vol. 1, of Chas. I. Bushnell's
"Crumbs for Antiquarians." A slightly different version in "Al-
mon's Remembrancer," in 1776.
Melvin, Eleazar, Capt., of Concord, Mass., s. of John and Mar-
garet (Shanesberg) Melvin, b. June 28, 1703 in Concord ; m. Mary
Stow ; d. Oct. 18, 1754.
Diary : May 13 - May 31, 1748. Written when with seventy-eight
men under his command he marched in the wilderness toward Crown
Point.
MS. published in N. H. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. 5, p. 207.
Melvin, James, of Hubbardson, Mass., he was twenty-two years
old in 1776.
Diary : Sept. 13, 1775 - Aug. 5, 1776. "As a contribution to the
history of Arnold's march it is of great value when we consider how
very meagre are the details given by historians in general when treat-
ing of that important movement at the beginning of the Revolution.
Though one of the briefest of the several personal diaries it possesses
considerable historical value. It contains details not mentioned in more
pretentious journals." He was of Capt. Dearborn's N. H. regiment.
MS. published in New York, 1857, also in Portland Me., 1902 with
notes by A. A. Melvin.
Menonville, Count de, s. of Francois Louis Thibaut de Menon-
ville, b. July 2, 1740 in France ; m. Sept. 1783, Mile de Martinprey.
Diary: "is of great interest owing to the exactness of detail." He
was adjutant general of the army of Rochambeau.
MS. cited in "The French in America," Balch.
Merriam, Joseph, of Grafton, Mass., s. of Joseph and Ruth (Hunt)
Merriam, b. Sept. 19, 1734 ; m. 1762, Sally Wadsworth ; d. July 2,
1814.
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Diary : (1) Jan. 5 - July 19, 1772; Mar. 22, 1778 - Jan. 7, 1787; Sept.
22, 1793- June 19, 1814. Entries every Sunday, Fast Days, Thanks-
giving and also of funerals usually giving only the name of the
preacher, texts, &c.
Diary : (2) Apr. 19 - May 14, 1775. Kept when he was a member
of Aaron Kimball's Co., Gen. Artemas Ward's regiment. He was
stationed on Cambridge common and describes the battle of Lexing-
ton.
MSS. (1) owned by Mr. Chas. M. Batcheller, Grafton. (2) owned
by Boston Public Library in Chamberlain Coll. Unpublished.
Merriam, Matthew, Rev., of Berwick, Maine, s. of Nathaniel
and Elizabeth (Hulls) Merriam, b. July 28, 1738/39; m. (1) at Milton,
1766, Elizabeth Thatcher, (2) Jan. 15, 1791, Mrs. Bethiah ( )
Evans of Boston ; d. Jan. 19, 1797.
Diary : Nov. 17, 1778 - Jan. 18, 1797. Lists of presents of various
things given him by his parishioners, or work done by them for him.
It probably includes the names of nearly all his people.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. given by Dr. James S. Mer-
riam, N. Y. City. Unpublished.
Merrick, Samuel F., Dr., of Wilbraham, Mass., s. of Rev. Noah
and Abigail (Brainerd) Merrick, b. Sept. 13, 1751 ; m. July, 1780,
Sarah Meekins ; d. Sept. 2, 1835.
Diary : (1) May 1 - Sept. 16, 1776. Thirteen closely written pages
kept when he was in Col. Porter's regiment as surgeon, when he
marched into Canada to reinforce the northern army besieging Que-
bec.
Diary: (2) Sept. 29 -Oct. 17, 1777. Kept while he was with the
Wilbraham Co. on the Bennington Alarm. He goes to Saratoga and
the diary ends with the surrender of Burgoyne.
MSS. owned by C. S. and F. M. Merrick, Wilbraham, Mass. Pub-
lished in "Wilbraham Centennial," p. 238 and in "Hist, of Wilbra-
ham," Peck, pp. 136-138.
Merrill, Gyles, Rev., of Plaistow, N. H. (North Parish of Hav-
erhill, Mass.), s. of Dea. Moses and Sarah (True) Merrill, b. in Salis-
bury, Mar. 12, 1738/9 ; m. Oct. 13, 1767, Lucy Cushing of Haverhill ;
d. Apr. 27, 1801.
Diary : Jan. 1767- Apr. 2, 1801. The earlier years are kept in in-
terleaved almanacs. "In many months the entries would consist of
a single line a day, many days being left out. At the bottom of the -
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page, important matters would be noted at much greater length. In
this way the chief events of the Revolution were described as the
news tardily came to hand." Many of the entries relate to the cleri-
cal duties of the parish, to deaths in the vicinity, &c. He prepared
many young men for college.
MS. owned by Mr. Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, Mass. Cited in
"Kimball Genealogy," Vol. I, p. 326.
Merriam, Samuel, of Northfield, Mass., in General Timothy Rug-
gles' Regt., s. of Theopholis and Merriman of Wallingford, Conn., b.
1723; m. (1) Mar. 3, 1747, Mary Hawks of Deerfield, (2) Dec. 21,
1759, Lydia (Harwood) Stebbins of Ware River ; d. June 22, 1803.
Diary: (1) May 27, 1759 -Oct. 15, 1759. "It is fragmentary and
appears to be in two parts one official entries, the other his own ob-
servations."
Diary: (2) Aug. 20 -Sept. 8, 1759. Kept at Albany, Fort Edward,
Lake George, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Isle-aux-Noir and Chambly.
MSS. owned by Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Mass. Published in
"History of Deerfield," by George Sheldon.
Merritt, Daniel, of York, Maine, s. of Daniel and Eunice (Nor-
ton) Merritt, b. in Boston, June 17, 1727 ; m. Mary Gowell of Kittery,
Maine.
Diary: (1) Aug. 30, 1756 -Mar. 20, 1757. Kept at Crown Point
and Fort William Henry. He was clerk of Capt. Joseph Holt's Co.
Mentions many people, deaths and the daily events of their life.
Diary: (2) July 29 -Nov. 10, 1756. Orderly book at the same
place in the same volume.
MSS. owned by Maine Hist. Soc.
Messenger, Daniel, of Sheffield, Mass., and Great Barrington, s.
of Samuel Messinger, m. Oct. 21, 1762, Dorcas Bronson.
Diary : June 9, 1761 - Sept. 1810. An account book with diary en-
tries, farming notes, births of his children, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. Edgar Messenger, Jamestown, N. Y. Extracts
printed in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 64, p. 286.
Metcalf, John, of Bellingham, Mass., s. of John and Mehitable
(Savil) Metcalf, b. Mar. 31, 1704; m. (1) Mary Fisher of Needham,
(2) int. Dec. 17, 1785, Mrs. Hannah Clerk ; d. Feb. 22, 1791.
Diary: (1) Nov. 24, 1742 -Nov. 6,1759; (2) May 5, 1766 - 1770;
(3) May 20, 1769- June 4, 1779; (4) Nov. 1, 1781 -Oct. 9, 1792; (5)
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Aug. 4, 1790 -Oct. 25, 1791. These diaries comprise many surveys
in Holliston, Cumberland and other places ; his attendance at Court,
with items about the cases ; farming notes.
Diary: (6) Nov. 19, 1734 -July 26,1790. Has a family record,
current and local news.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Metcalf, Seth, of Rutland, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Margret
Metcalf, b. Sept. 30, 1735 ; d. in West Boylston.
Diary: (1) Apr. 2, 1757- Jan. 3, 1758. Kept in the French and In-
dian War, describes his march to Fort Edward, &c.
Diary : (2) 1757 - 1807. A book in which he wrote only once a
year, Comments of a general nature on the happenings of the years.
MSS. both owned by the Worcester Hist. Soc.
Miller, Ebenezer, Rev., D. D., of Braintree, Mass., s. of Samuel
and Rebecca (Belcher) Miller, b. in Milton, June 20, 1703 ; m. Martha
Mottram, 1726 ; d. Feb. 11, 1763.
Diary: May 7 - Nov. 27, 1726. Part of an interleaved Ames al-
manac. Contains a log of the writer's voyage from Boston to Poole,
England ; his ordination at the hands of the Bishop of London. The
degree of M. A. is conferred on him at Oxford.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Miller, Ebenezer, Major, of Quincy, Mass., s. of Rev. Ebenezer
and Martha (Mottram) Miller of Quincy, b. July 31, 1730 in Brain-
tree ; m. Elizabeth Hancock of Boston, May 27, 1770.
Diary : 1777 - 1799. A small stitched memorandum book, farming
notes, weather and household events. Very little of interest.
MS. a few extracts in the Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, Vol. 8, p.
112, 1873. Unpublished.
Mills, William, Jr., of Needham, Mass., s. of William and Mary
(Ware) Mills, b. Nov. 5, 1718 ; m. (1) Oct. 15, 1741, Hannah Mills,
(2) May 19, 1768, Sarah Whittemore.
Diary : 1741 - 1778 with some gaps. An account book with diary
entries ; record of births, deaths, storms and various family and town
matters.
MS. owned by Mrs. Henry F. May of Needham. Extracts in "Hist,
of Needham," Clarke, p. 49.
Miner, Manasseh, of Stonington, Conn., s. of Thomas and Grace
(Palmer) Miner, b. in New London, 1647 ; m. Lydia Moore, Sept. 26,
1670; d. Apr. 29, 1728.
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Diary : Jan. 1, 1696/7- June 21, 1709, then a few scattering entries,
begins again Sept. 19, 1714 - Apr. 14, 1720. "The entries are almost
daily but are very short and extremely local in their character."
MS. owned by Cornelius Miner, Stonington, Conn. Unpublished.
\ Minor, Thomas, of Stonington, Conn., s. of William Miner of
Chew Magna, b. in Somerset Co., England, Apr. 24, 1608; m. Grace
Palmer, Apr. 23, 1634 ; d. 1690, aged 83.
Diary: Nov. 2, 1653- July 26, 1684. "He has said that it was not
his purpose that the diary go beyond the use of his immediate fam-
ily but considering the age of the writing and the various matter
contained in the Diary, interesting from the point of knowing how
the earliest settlers lived at home and treated the events of import-
ance to themselves and family and its value to those searching for
missing record entries, it has been considered advisable to perpetuate
the diary by printing." Local affairs of Stonington.
MS. published by The Day Publishing Co., New London.
Minot, George R., Judge, of Boston, Mass., s. of Stephen and
Sarah (Clarke) Minot, b. in Boston, Dec. 22, 1758 ; m. Feb. 25, 1783,
Mary Speakman of Marlborough ; d. Jan. 2, 1802.
Diary: Dec. 12, 1784 -Jan. 1800 (dates of extracts). "A private
journal which was begun, discontinued and resumed." Observations
on the Shay's Rebellion, public affairs and his connection with them.
MS. published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. 8, pp. 93/95.
Mitchell, John, Capt., of Chester, N. H.
Diary : May 28 - June 27, 1764. Notes of a survey to locate the
river St. Croix dividing the Province of Mass. Bay from New Brun-
swick. It is not only a surveyor's record with sketches of shores
and headlands, but also a diary of his daily movements.
MS. owned by Me. Hist. Soc. Published in New Brunswick Hist.
Soc. Colls., Vol. 2, p. 175. Extracts in "Eastport and Passamaquod-
dy," Kilby, p. 87.
Mitchell, Nathan, of Bridgewater, Mass., s. of Hon. Nathan and
Anne (Cary) Mitchell, b. Oct. 16, 1762 ; m. Nov. 9, 1793, Rachel By-
ram ; d. June 10, 1845.
Diary: (l) Sept. 10, 1786 -Apr. 28, 1790. Town and political
matters as well as his own personal doings, weddings, dances and
other social functions and weather. Some items of Shay's Rebellion.
Diary : (2) Aug. 27, 1786 - Oct. 30, 1791 with a few later notes to
1804. He calls this diary Divinity and Morality, largely a Sunday
diary, some deaths.
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Diary : (3) Nov. 13, 1833 - Aug. 25, 1835. A Sunday diary, sermons
heard.
MSS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. given by G. E. Littlefield of
Boston, 1885.
Mix, Stephen, Rev., of Wethersfleld, Conn., s. of Thomas and
Rebecca (Turner) Mix, b. Nov. 1, 1662, at New Haven ; m. Dec. 1,
1696, Mary Stoddard of Northampton ; d. Aug. 28, 1738.
Diary: 1697-1738; there are breaks from 1718-1727. "The diary
is really the records of the first church in Wethersfleld, church dis-
cipline, baptisms, deaths. It is however called a diary and so pub-
lished.
MS. is missing. Published in Conn. Magazine, Vol. VII, p. 100
and later.
Montresor, John, Lieut., of London, England, s. of Col. James
Gabriel and Harriet (Fielding) Montresor, b. at Gibralter, Apr. 6,
1736 ; m. Mar. 1, 1764, Frances Tucker of Bermuda ; d. June 26,
1799 in London.
Diary : Jan. 30, 1757 - Dec. 24, 1778. The early part of this jour-
nal describes a trip undertaken in winter from Quebec to the interior
of Maine. It was used as a guide by Arnold in his march to Quebec
in 1775.
MS. owned in England. Published Jan. 26 - Mav 20, 1760 in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1882; Oct. 1, 1777 -Dec. 24, 1778 in "The
Evelyns in America," Scull ; June 13 - July 20, 1761 in Me. Hist. Soc.
Colls., Vol.1. Also extracts in N. Y. Hist. Soc. Colls., 1881.
Monvel, Mons, of France.
Diary : May 18 - Oct. 10, 1792. His personal explorations of Thom-
aston, Maine, and vicinity, with notes of soil, ledges, limestone, &c.
Written in English.
MS. owned in 1865 by Mr. Jas. E. Stimpson of Thomaston. Cited
in "Hist, of Thomaston," p. 190.
Moody, Joseph, Rev., of York, Maine, "Handkerchief Moody," s. of
Rev. Samuel and Hannah (Sewell) Moody, b. May 16, 1700 ; m. Nov.
11, 1724, Lucy White of Gloucester ; d. Mar. 30, 1753.
Diary : Aug. 22, 1720 - Nov. 10, 1724. "Is mostly written in Latin
cypher." Short entries, largely of deaths and personal news.
MS. owned by Maine Historical Society. Extracts published in "
Me. Hist. Soc. Colls., 2d ser., Vol. 3, p. 319.
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Moody, William, of Falmouth, Maine, s. of Enoch and Ann
(Weeks) Moody, b. Feb. 16,1756; m. (1) 1783, Mary Young, (2)
1804, Rachel Riggs ; d. Feb. 16, 1821.
Diary : (1) 1775.
Diary: (2) July 16, 1779- June 6, 1781. Until Aug. 25, 1779 this
is of his experiences in the Bagaduce Expedition. He was in Col.
Jonathan's Mitchell's regiment. After that date it relates to his
home life and work in Portland. He was a carpenter. Some items
of public interest.
MSS. (1) cited in "30th Mass. Regiment," by Nathan Goold, (2)
owned by Mr. William Moody, Winthrop, Mass. Extracts in Me.
Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d ser., Vol. 10, p. 144.
Moore, Jonathan, Rev., of Oxford and Worcester, Mass., s. of
Elijah and Dorothy (Learned) Moore, b. July 7, 1739 ; m. (1) Oct. 13,
1768, Susanna Parkman of Westboro, (2) Anna Hammond of New-
port, R.. I ; d. April 20, 1814.
Diary : 1763. Entries of his daily doings when he was a school
teacher and in the early days of his preaching, social life, &c.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, given Mr. William Tracy
Eustis of Brookline, 1906. Bound with a volume of Ames's Almanacs.
Moore, John, of Norwich, Conn., and Hampstead, L. I., s. of
Thomas and Elizabeth (Channing) Moore, b. Apr. 29, 1745 ; m. Oct.
16, 1773, Judith Livingstone of Pougekeepsie ; d. 1828.
i Diary: (1) 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1798, 1799-1804, 1808,
1811*15, 1821. Kept in various interleaved almanacs. Very neat,
short entries of personal doings, trips with Bishop Seabury and
others, many social events with a record of the guests, mentions many
relatives and friends.
Diary : (2) 1686-1820. A genealogical sketch of his family. It
reveals many incidents relating to the foundation of the nation from
the viewpoint of an American official in the service of the King.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (2) by Dr. David Gamble
Murrell, Paducah, Ky. (1) unpublished. (2) published in Journal of
Am. Hist., Vol. 4, p. 1.
Morgan, Nathaniel, Ensign, of Voluntown, Conn., s. of Isaac
and Abigail (Skiffe) Morgan, b. June 23, 1717.
Diary : Apr. 21 - Dec. 11, 1775. "Items of the siege of Boston from
the Roxbury side." "The private journal of Ensign Nathaniel Mor-
gan has an account dated August 30, 1775 of the attack upon Ston-
ington by Capt. Wallace."
206
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MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Published in Conn. Hist Soc.
Colls., Vol. 7, p. 101, Hartford, 1899.
Morison, George, of Sherman's Valley Farm, Penn.
Diary: July 12, 1775 -Sept. 24, 1776. Rather long descriptive
entries ; the bad condition of the boats and the discomforts of the
encampments — the lack of food, illnesses and weakness of the men.
A vivid picture of the storming of Quebec and the experiences as
prisoner in the French convent. Part of it is a narrative and perhaps
all written out from notes taken at the time. It also describes
Arnold's expedition to Quebec, the camp at Cambridge and the battle
of Bunker Hill.
MS. owned in 1803 by John Morison of Cumberland Co., Penn.
A copy by Harvard College Library. Published in Hagerstown, 1803.
Also in Mag. of History, Extra, No. 52.
Morse, Levi, of Union, Me., s. of Obadiah and Mercy (Walker)
Morse, b. at Sherborn, Mass., Jan. 5, 1762; m. Mar. 8, 1792, Polly
Gay of Annapolis, N. S. ; d. Feb. 3, 1844.
Diary: 1787, 1789, 1792 (dates of extracts). It begins with his
trip from Sherborn to Boston and Union. Personal matters.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Union," p. 64.
Mosely, David, Col., of Westfield, Mass., s. of David and Mar-
garet (Dewey) Mosely, b. Mar. 7, 1735 ; m. May 20, 1762, Lydia
Gay ; d. Nov. 5, 1798.
Diary : May 20, 1762 - 1799. Personal and family matters, in-
cluding building of his house. Also of his service at Ticonderoga
where he was captain in regiment of Col. John Mosely. He wit-
nessed Burgoyne's surrender.
MS. owned by Mrs. Thnmas B. Mosely, Bronxville, N. Y. Ex-
tracts published in "Hampden County," Copeland, Vol. II, p. 377.
There is also a diary and account book of his father in the same
volume.
Mossman, Moses, Dr., of Sudbury Mass., s. of James and Eliza-
beth (Balcom) Mossman ? b. 1742 ; m. Apr. 2, 1775, Mary Willard
of Lancaster ; d. Aug. 15, 1817.
MS. Cited in "Hist, of Sudbury," Hudson, 1889, p. 601.
Mott, Edward, Capt., of Preston, Conn., s. of Jonathan and Han-
nah (Wilkinson) Mott, b. at Westerly, R. I., Dec. 16, 1731 ; m. (1)
Sarah Kinnieof Preston, Dec. 10, 1761, (2) Eunice Williams of Groton,
Conn., Dec. 4, 1785 ; d. unknown.
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Diary : Apr. 28 - May 10, 1775. "Journal of Ticonderoga and
Crown Point." More of a narrative than a diary.
MS. published in Conn. Hist. Soc, Vol. I.
Moulton, Jeremiah, of York, Me., s. of Joseph Moulton, b. 1688 ;
killed in a raid in the French and Indian war.
Diary : May 5 - June 25, 1723. Of a scouting expedition to York
Co. to guard the inhabitants of Wells, Berwick and York.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, pp. 42 and 43. Published in
Maine Recorder, Vol. I, p. 204.
M Mourt's Relation. "Supposed to have been written by Edw.
Winslow and Wm. Bradford and published by Geo. Morton contract-
ed to Mourt."
Diary : Sept. 6, 1620 - Mar. 22, 1621. "A relation or Journal of
the Proceedings of the Plantation settled at Plymouth in New Eng-
land," with short journals of various visits to Indian villages.
MS. first printed in London in 1622. Also in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Cells., Vol. 8, p. 203 ; and 2d ser., Vol. 9, p. 26.
Mowat, Henry, Capt., of Scotland, d. in Virginia, Apr. 14, 1798.
Diary: 1759-1783 (not dated by year or month). A relation of
his services in America, the attack on Penobscot, taking the Loyal-
ists to Nova Scotia, &c. It refers to "a journal kept by an officer on
shore and published by I. C."
MS. owned by Mr. J. Phinney Baxter, Portland. Published in Me.
Hist. Soc. Pro., 1891, p. 345.
Mudge, Simon, of Danvers, Mass., s. of John and Mary (Waitt)
Mudge, b. in Maiden, Apr. 8,1748; m. May 19, 1773, Elizabeth
Whittredge; d. Aug. 27, 1799.
Diary : July 27 - Nov. 3, 1776. Of a march to Ticonderoga which
he reached August 19, the rest of the journal of his life there.
MS. owned by Danvers Hist. Soc, given by Mr. Augustus Mudge.
Extracts published in Danvers, "Hist, of Essex Co," Vol. 1, p. 441,
also in "Mudge Memorial."
Murray, John, Rev., of Boothbay, Me., s. of Robert Murray, b.
in Ireland; m. Dec. 15, 1772, Susanna Lithgow of Georgetown,
Maine ; d. in Newburyport, Mar. 13, 1793.
Diary : dates unknown. "Gives an idea of the nature of his field
of labor and of the religious condition of the people prior to the or-
ganization of the church." It describes tours in Maine for religious
revival.
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MS. cited in "Ancient Dominions of Maine," Sewall. Also in
"Hist, of Boothbay," by Francis B. Greene, Portland, 1906. Mr.
Greene owns Mr. Murray's record of the organization of the church
at Boothbay and a record of baptisms performed by him.
Mygate, George, of Wilbraham, Mass., d. Apr. 2, 1746 at Louis-
bourg.
Diary: June 15, 1745 - Apr. 2, 1746. Kept on the expedition to
Louisbourg. He records the death of a number of other members
of his company and his own is recorded by Caleb Lamb.
MS. owned by Mr. Chas. S. Merrick, Wilbraham.
Nash, Solomon, of Abington, Mass,, of Capt. Dairy's Co., s. of
Samuel and Abigail (Hersey) Nash, b. Dec. 16, 1753 ; unmarried ; d.
Sept. 5, 1778 from wounds received in battle.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1776- Jan. 9, 1777. "The author was a plain man
of very limited education and kept the record no doubt merely for
his own amusement." It contains short entries of daily happenings
while he was at Roxbury, Cambridge, Governor's Island and White
Plains.
MS. owned by N. Y. Hist. Soc. Privately printed in New York
in 1861.
Newberry, Benjamin, of Newport, R. L, s. of Benjamin and Mary
(Allyn) Newberry, b. Apr. 20, 1669; m. Mar. 3, 1690, Hannah Dewey
of Westfield ; d. Nov. 3, 1710.
Diary: Aug. 6, 1698 - July, 1710. "Deals both with personal and
public matters, evidently kept by a very devout man who was prom-
inent in church and state." Is in a fine state of preservation.
Deaths, accidents, &c. recorded.
MS. owned by Mrs. Ellen L. M. Aldrich, Hadley, Mass. Extracts
published in Magazine of N. E. History, Vol. Ill, p. 203.
Newell, Abel, Rev., of Goshen, Conn., s. of Rev. Samuel and
Esther (Hart) Newell, b. Aug. 15, 1730 at Farmington ; m. 1756,
Abigail Smith of Goshen ; d. Jan. 22, 1813 at Charlotte, Vt.
Diary : 1776. Freebetter's N. E. Almanac with marginal notes of
Revolutionary items. Newell seems to have been the only minister
of Goshen at that time.
MS. was sold Feb. 17, 1920 at American Art Galleries, Madison
Sq., N. Y.
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209
Newell, Thomas, of Boston, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stimp-
son) Newell, b. Sept. 10, 1749; d. before 1811.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1773 -Dec. 22, 1774. Rather short entries about
the weather, deaths, public events like the Boston Tea party. He at-
tended Dr. Cooper's church.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library. A copy by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Oct. 1877, p. 335.
Newell, Timothy, Dea., of Boston, Mass., s. of Joseph and Ann
(Phillips) Newell, bapt. Nov. 9, 1718; m. Mary Amory, July 8, 1760;
d. Apr. 18, 1799.
Diary: Apr. 19, 1775 -Mar. 17, 1776. Kept during the siege of
Boston.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. A copy by the Boston Public
Library. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., 4th Ser., Vol. I, p. 261.
Newton, Roger, Rev., D. D., of Greenfield, Mass., s. of Abner
and Mary (Burwell) Newton, b. in Durham, Conn., May 23, 1737 ; m.
Aug. 27, 1762, Abigail Hall of Middletown, Conn. ; d. Dec. 10, 1816.
Diary: 1761 -May 23, 1812. Personal and church affairs, a his-
tory of the social life of the town, births, marriages and deaths.
MS. owned by Pocumtock Valley Memorial Association. A copy
by F. M. Thompson of Greenfield. Extracts published in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., July, 1908. Also in "History of Greenfield," Vol. II, p.
Newton, Daniel, of Shrewsbury, Mass. and Shoreham, Vt, s. of
Marshall and Eunice (Taylor) (Howe) Newton, b. Mar. 13, 1752 ; m.
Feb. 19, 1792, Betsey Morse ; d. Feb. 24, 1834.
Diary : dates unknown. "A diary in which he recorded the texts
of all the sermons he heard . . . related the substance of conversa-
tions he had on the subject of religion with Major General Ward
whose servant he was, and with Samuel Adams then a member of
Congress." He acted as servant to Gen. Ward in 1780 and 1781.
He is generally conceded to have been the original Pete Jones in the
"Green Mountain Boys."
MS. cited in 5th Report of Nat. Soc, D. A. R., p. 297.
I Nichols, Alexander, Jr., of Sheepscot and Pemaquid, Me., s. of
Capt. Alexander and Hannah Nichols, b. 1721 ; m. before 1746, Mar-
garet ; d. Feb. 11, 1799.
Diary: (1) July 1 - July 19, 1755. A march from Newcastle to St.
George's.
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Diary : (2) Aug. 1 - Oct. 20, 1756. A march to Fort Halifax and
Brunswick (written by Alexander Chapman in Nichols' Co.)
MSS. both in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, pp. 168 and 198.
Nichols, Timothy, of Reading, Mass., in Company of John Wil-
liams of Marblehead, s. of Timothy and Hannah Nichols, b. in Reading,
July 12, 1731; m. Sept. 30, 1751, Mehitable Weston of Reading; d.
Sept. 9, 1759, on the Island of Orleans below Quebec.
Diary : July 19 - Aug. 22, 1759. "He notes the daily occurrences
of cannonading, fires in the town, skirmishes, firerafts, the attack
near Montmorency, &c."
MS. owned by Dr. Arthur H. Nichols, Boston, Mass. Unpublished.
Nicholson, Francis, Sir., of Boston, Mass., and England (see
Sewell's diary), b. 1660 ; d. in London, Mar. 5, 1728.
Diary : July 15 - Oct. 26, 1710. "Journal of an Expedition for the
Reduction of Port Royal in Nova Scotia." Starting from Boston.
Detached entries of the daily happenings and the return trip with
many letters and Fast and Thanksgiving proclamations. Nicholson
is spoken of in the third person, perhaps kept by another hand.
MS. copy in Nova Scotia Archives, in Nova Scotia Technical Col-
lege, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Published in London, 1711.
Nightingale, Samuel, Jr., of Providence, s. of Abigail and (Bel-
cher) Nightingale, m. Apr. 19, 1767, Susanna Crawford.
Diary : Oct. 24, 1760- June 15, 1768. "Memorandum and diary."
Many accounts, also receipts for lottery tickets in the Presbyterian
parsonage which he seems to have been selling in 1763.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Niles, Elisha, of Colchester, Westchester and Chatham, Conn.,
s. of Nathan and Mary (Sexton) Niles of Colchester, b. Feb. 29, 1764 ;
m. Oct. 16, 1783, Naomi Ackley of Chatham ; d. June 18, 1845.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1792 - June 15, 1845. A great many different people
are mentioned and many places and societies about Colchester, such
as the Haddams, the Marlborogh Society and the society of East-
hampton. He taught school in Westchester part of each year and
was engaged in farming the rest of the time. It contains many facts
not elsewhere recorded relating to early churches and to many early
worthies. It also covers a trip to Mass., New York, Ohio and Penn-
sylvania.
MS. owned by Mr. Pierce Noble, New Haven, Conn. Unpublished-
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Niles, Samuel, Rev., of Braintree, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Sarah (Sands) Niles, b. May 1, 1674 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Thacher of
Milton, May 29, 1701, (2) Ann ; d. May 1, 1762.
Diary: Nov. 26, 1697 -Apr. 22, 1762. Literary and religious.
Baptisms, marriages, deaths, local events. The handwriting is fine
and cramped and yellow with age and not easily legible.
MS. owned by Asa P. French, Esq. Unpublished.
Noble, Seth, Rev., of Bangor, Me., s. of Thomas and Sarah (Root)
Noble, b. in Westfield, Apr. 15, 1743 ; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1775, Hannah
Barker, (2) Apr. 11, 1793, Mrs. Ruhamah (Rich) Emory of Rowley,
(3) Mrs. Mary Riddle, June 3, 1807 ; d. at Franklinton, O., Sept. 15,
1807.
Diary: 1787-1795 (dates of extracts). Personal and family mat-
ters, deaths, funerals, &c.
MS. cited in Bangor Hist. Colls. Also in "Life of Gen. Thos.
- Noble," Boltwood.
Norris, James, of Epping, N. H., Capt. of Third N. H. Regiment,
s. of James and Mary Norris, b. Apr. 9, 1739, in Epping ; m. Mary
Chandler ; d. in Monmouth, Me., Nov. 11, 1816.
Diary: June 18 -Oct. 25, 1779. Of Sullivan's Expedition. Very
long entries with good descriptions.
MS. owned by Buffalo Hist. Soc. Published in Buffalo Hist. Soc.
Pro., Vol. 1, pp. 217 - 252. Extracts in Jones' "Hist, of New York,"
Vol. II, p. 613. Also in Vol. 1, No. 7, Mag. of Am. Hist.
Norton, John, Rev., of Bernardston, Mass., Chaplain of Serg.
John Hawks' Co., s. of John and Ann (Thompson) Norton, b. in
Berlin, Conn., Nov. 16, 1716 ; m. (2) Eunice ; d. at East
Hampton, Conn., Mar. 24, 1778.
Diary: Aug. 14, 1746 -Aug. 16, 1747. "Narrative of the Capture
and Burning of Fort Massachusetts by the French and Indians in the
time of the War of 1744 - 1749, and the Captivity of all those stationed
there to the number of thirty persons."
MS. published in "The Redeemed Captive. Being a Narrative of
the Takeing and carrying into Captivity of the Rev. John Norton,"
&c, pp. 40, Joel Munsell, Albany, 1870.
Noyes, Belcher, Dr., of Boston, Mass., s. of Oliver and Ann
(Belcher) Noyes, b. in Boston, Oct. 10, 1709; m. Mar. 3, 1736, Ann
Williams ; d. 1785.
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Diary : 1775 and 1782. 1775 is Ames' Almanac and 1782 is Fleet's.
Both with, few entries, marriages and deaths in Boston, fires, places
where he dined, &c.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. ; collection of F. L. Gay. Unpub-
lished.
Noyes, John, Capt., of Newbury, Mass., s. of Daniel and Abigail
(Toppan) Noyes, b. in Newbury, Feb. 25, 1740 ; m. (1) Sarah Little,
1765, (2) Mary Pierce, 1777 ; d. May 14, 1784.
Diary : Apr. 4, 1758 - Nov. 13, 1758. Of the Ticonderoga Expe-
dition with Col. Jonathan Bagley, at Lake George. There are also
letters written by him during the Revolution.
MS. owned by Mr. Elwood Noyes, Salem, Mass. Published in
Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. 45, p. 73.
Noyes, Matthew, Rev., of North Branford, Conn., s. of Judge
William and Sarah (Banks) Noyes, b. in Lyme, Conn., 1763 ; m. Mary
Johnson, Nov. 7, 1790 ; d. in Northf ord, Sept. 23, 1839.
Diary : 1796. Short notes of texts, exchanges, &c.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Nutting, William, of Groton, Mass., s. of Lieut. William and
Jane (Boynton) Nutting, b. July 10, 1752 ; m. (1) Dec. 30, 1778, Sus-
anna French, (2) Sept. 4, 1800, Mrs. Polly (Barrett) Hubbard of New
Ipswich, N. H. ; d. Apr. 18, 1832.
Diary : May 5, 1777 - Feb. 2, 1804. Missing from Sept. 15, 1779 -
Mar. 1780.. Partly of his service in Capt. Asa Lawrence's Co., Col.
Jonathan Reed's Regiment, at White Plains, West Point and Peek-
skill.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., 2rd. ser. Vol. 8, p. 23.
Obear, Nathaniel, of Wenham, Mass., s. Josiah and Sarah (Kim-
ball) Obear, b. in Wenham, Dec. 18, 1743 ; m. May 5, 1765, Mrs.
Rebecca Warren ; d. Apr. 28, 1778.
Diary : May 25 - Sept. 3, 1775 with some scattered accounts, &c. to
Mar. 4, 1781. Begins when he joined the army at Cambridge, in-
cludes the battle of Bunker Hill, incidents in the siege of Boston, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. Frank Ober, Nashua, N. H. Unpublished.
O'Brien, Joseph, of Newburyport, Mass. formerly of Machias, Me.,
s. of Morris and Mary (Hutchins) (Cain) O'Brien, b. in Ireland ; m.
Rebecca Moody, Nov. 7, 1786 ; d. in Pennsylvania.
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Diary : 1791 - 1815. Interleaved almanacs. Short entries of af-
fairs which came under his observations. Mostly personal, of him-
self and his neighbors.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Extracts published
in Essex Institute Hist. Colls., Vol. 44, p. 332.
Occom, Samson, of Lebanon, Conn., s. of Joshua and Sarah (Wan-
by) Ockham, b. 1723; m. 1751, Mary Fowler; d. July 14, 1792, at
New Stockbridge, Tuscarora.
Diary : Dec. 6, 1743 - Sept. 18, 1789 with some omissions. A jour-
nal of missionary work among the Oneida and Conn. Indians. He
chronicles more particularly his journeys to and fro, the meetings
he attended, his sermons and the like.
MS. owned by Dartmouth College Library. One volume from
July 5 - Sept. 16, 1787 is owned by the Conn. Hist. Soc. Extracts
printed in "Samson Occom," Love, Boston.
Odiorne, Thomas, of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of Ebenezer and Cath-
erine (Sherborn) Odiorne, b. Dec. 1, 1733 ; m. Joanna Gilman of Ex-
eter, N. H. ; d. Apr. 29, 1818.
Diary: Aug. 1, 1753 -Apr. 1775. Religious.
MS. owned by Miss Florence Shepherd, South Framingham, Mass.
Unpublished.
Odlin, Elisha, of Exeter, N. H. and Cambridge, Mass., s. of Rev.
John and Mrs. Elizabeth (Woodbridge) (Clark) Odlin, b. Nov. 16,
1709; m. Nov. 1, 1731, Judith Pike; d. Jan. 21, 1752.
Diary : Feb. 1 - Nov. 30, 1729. Almanac. Personal doings, deaths,
names of preachers and their texts, earthquakes. From Apr. 29 -
June 28 and from Sept. 1 though the year he is at Harvard College.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Odlin, Woodbridge, Rev., of Exeter, N. H., s. of Rev. John and
Elizabeth (Woodbridge) (Clarke) Odlin, b. Apr. 28, 1718; m. Oct. 23,
1755, Mrs. Abigail (Gilman) Strong ; d. Mar. 10, 1776.
Diary : Oct. 9, 1743 - Oct. 30, 1763. Private record of baptisms
performed by him.
MS. published in "Hist, of Exeter," Bell, p. 66, omitting however
baptisms in other towns and those on the town records.
Oliver, Peter, Judge, of Middleborough, Mass., s. of Daniel and
Elizabeth (Belcher) Oliver, b. in Boston, Mar. 26, 1713 ; m. (1) Mary
Clarke, July 5, 1733, (2) Mary Wendell, Apr. 18, 1745 ; d. in England,
Oct. 13, 1791.
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Diary : Mar. 10, 1776 - 1780. Seven thin volumes in red leather.
Journal of a voyage to England, and his life there. "He made a few
passing remarks on political events but the greater portion of these
seven volumes are taken up with descriptions of some of the places ,
of resort or amusement in the metropolis which he visited ; with coun-
try journeys into manufacturing districts, for the purpose of inspect-
ing milk factories, workshops or foundries . . . with pleasure trips
into different parts of Wales."
MS. owned by British Museum, Egerton MSS. 2672-3. Extracts
published in "Diary of Thomas Hutchinson," Vol. II, p. 46.
Oliver, Peter, Jr., Dr., of Middleborough, Mass., s. of Judge
Peter and Mary (Clarke) Oliver, b. in Boston, June 17, 1741 ; m. Sarah
Hutchinson of Boston, Feb. 1, 1770; d. in Shrewsbury, England, Sept.
1822, buried at Birmingham.
Diary : Oct. 1, 1757 - June 28, 1821. Commences with a sketch of
his life from birth. Personal matters, of his life in both New and
Old England. More or less mention of public affairs.
MS. owned by British Museum, bought from Peter Orlando Hutch-
inson. Extracts published in "History of Middleborough," by Thos.
Weston. Also in "Diary and Letters of Thomas Hutchinson."
Orne, Timothy, Capt., of Salem, Mass., s. of Joseph and Anna
(Thompson) Orne, bapt. Nov. 22, 1683 ; m. June 7, 1709, Lois Pick-
ering ; d. May 5, 1753.
Diary : May 1 - Oct. 7, 1733. Called a waste book. Has also a
ledger and journal of his business transactions. In Number I there
are quite a number of small items interspersed with commercial
transactions ; records of the arrival and departure of ships, &c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, given by Mrs. Francis H. Lee. Un-
published.
Orne, Timothy, Jr., of Salem, Mass., s. of Timothy and Lois
(Pickering) Orne, b. June 27, 1717 ; m. int. May 16, 1747, Mrs. Re-
beckah Taylor of Lynn.
Diary : 1736-39 ; 1742-43 ; 1745 - 57 ; 1759 - 67. Interleaved alman-
acs. Personal and public affairs. Church matters, sailing of boats,
weather records, &c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, given by Mrs. J. S. Cabot. Unpub-
lished.
Osborn, Sarah, Mrs., of Newport, R. I., dau. of Benjamin and
Sarah (Guyse) Haggar of London, England, b. Feb. 22, 1714 ; m. (1)
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Oct. 21, 1731, Samuel Wheaton, (2) May 5, 1742, Henry Osborn; d.
Aug. 2, 1796.
Diary : June 21, 1744 - 1785. Almost entirely of a religious nature.
MS. from 1753 - 1785 owned by the Newport Hist. Soc. Extracts
published in "Memoirs of Mrs. Osborn," Hopkins, 1799.
Osgood, David, Dr., of Medford, Mass., s. of Capt. Isaac and
Betsey (Flint) Osgood, b. in Andover, Oct. 14, 1747; m. Hannah
Breed of Charlestown, Nov. 1, 1786 ; d. Dec. 12, 1822.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1776 -Dec. 5, 1822. "The entries are largely per-
sonal, very brief and contain only such vital statistics as would come
naturally within the ken of an American minister of early times. I
doubt if they have much historical value. They are so hard to read
that very few care to undertake it."
MS. owned by Medford Public Library. Unpublished.
Osgood, Ezekiel, of Andover, Mass., s. of Ezekiel and Rebecca
(Wardwell) Osgood, b. in Andover, Jan. 12, 1712; m. Mary Barker
of Pelham, May 15, 1746; d. at Blue Hill, Me., Jan. 25, 1798.
Diary : 1745 - 1760. Interleaved almanacs. Family matters.
MS. published in Andover Townsman, "Historical Sketches by C.
H. A." No. 64. Copy of article owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Oswald, Eleazar, Capt., of New Haven, Conn, and Philadelphia,
b. in England ; d. in N. Y., Sept. 30, 1795, aged 40.
Diary : Sept. 15 - Oct. 13, 1775. Of Arnold's March to Quebec.
"The Journal is similar in character and value to Arnold's own ; in-
deed Oswald wrote in Arnold's name and used the pronoun of the
first person as Arnold would have done." — Smith.
MS. published in Force's "Am. Archives." ser. 4, Vol. Ill, coll.
1058.
Owen, William, Capt., of Campobello, of the Royal Navy, s. of
David Owen of Glansevern in Wales, d. at Madras, 1778, aged about
forty.
Diary : (1) July 20, 1761 - May 21, 1770 ; (2) Apr. 7 - June 11, 1771
(dates of extracts). An account of a trip made partly on the coast
of Maine. He was owner of the island of Campobello. He gives an
account of the formation of the Campobello Co. and the fate of the
original settlers. "It (No. 1) was not written up from time to time
as events occured but all in a short time though of course with notes
or diaries as a basis." In 1766, he went to Newport and Boston.
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MSS. owned by Mrs. C. N. Cochrane of Windlesham House, Bag-
shot, Surry, England. Published in New Brunswick Hist. Soc. Colls.,
(2) Vol. I, p. 193. (1) Vol. II, p. 12.
Oxnard, Edward, of Portland, Maine, s. of Thomas and Sarah
(Osborne) Oxnard, b. in Boston, July 30, 1747 ; m. Oct. 11, 1774,
Mary Fox ; d. in Portland, July 2, 1803.
Diary : Aug. 16, 1775 - June 8, 1785. In eight volumes. "During
his stay in England, his diary principally of personal incidents with
occasional allusions to public matters was with few intermissions
regularly kept." Full of allusions to New England people, a most
interesting journal. The last part from May 9, 1785, is a log of his
voyage back to Halifax.
MS. owned by Maine Historical Society. Extracts published in
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1872.
Page, John, of Boston, s. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clark) Page of
Medford, b. Nov. 20, 1751 ; m. (1) Nov. 25, 1773, Sarah Porter of
Danvers, (2) July 10, 1793, Ruth Holman of Salem ; d. Dec. 1, 1838,
in Salem.
Diary: 1775-1777. Journal of a trip to England. He was a
merchant.
MS. owned by Woburn Public Library, which also owns journals
and account books covering his mercantile transactions to 1790.
Paine, John, Dea., of Eastham, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mary
(Snow) Paine, b. Mar. 14, 1660 ; m. (1) Bennet Freeman, Mar. 14,
1689, (2) Alice Mayo, Mar. 3, 1719/20 ; d. Oct. 26, 1731.
Diary : 1695 - Oct. 8, 1718. Occasional rather long entries, many
on his birthdays.
MS. owned by Mrs. E. V. Tufts, and Miss I. S. Paine. Published
in Mayflower Descendant, Vol. VIII, pp. 180 - 227 and Vol. IX, pp.
49 - 97 and 136.
Paine, Moses, of Truro, Mass., s. of Thomas and Hannah Paine,
b. in Truro, Sept. 28, 1695 ; m. Margery Mayo at Yarmouth, Apr.
14, 1720; d. Oct. 4, 1764.
Diary : May 9, 1716 - 1719. Short entries of deaths, storms, acci-
dents, &c, with entries of births, deaths, &c. in his own family.
MS. owned in 1868 by Elkanah Paine of Provincetown. Extracts
published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1900, p. 86.
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217
Paine, Nathaniel, of Worcester, Mass., s. of Timothy and Sarah
(Chandler) Paine, b. in Worcester, Jan. 5, 1759 ; m. Elizabeth Chan-
dler, Dec. 18, 1785 ; d. Oct. 7, 1840.
Diary : (1) 1798. Thomas' Almanac with eight pages inserted each
month for entries. The weather carefully noted, also some public
events such as fires, deaths, court news, &c.
Diary: (2)1801. Has only scattered entries.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, (2) by Worcester Hist. Soc.
Unpublished.
Paine, Robert Treat, of Taunton, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Eunice (Treat) Paine, b. in Boston, Mar. 11, 1731 ; m. 1770, Sally
Cobb ; d. May 11, 1814.
Diary: Sept. 21, 1768 -July 13, 1776 (date of extracts). Personal
matters, trips, Congressional affairs, war news, deaths, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. Charles J. Paine, Boston, Mass. Extracts pub-
lished in "Paine Ancestry," by Sarah Cushing Paine, Boston, 1912.
Paine, Thomas, of Barnstable, Mass., s. of James and Bethiah
(Thatcher) £aine, b. Apr. 9, 1694; m. Apr. 21, 1721, Eunice Treat
of Eastham ; d. May 30, 1757 at Braintree.
Diary : 1713 and 1719. Interleaved almanacs. That for 1713 kept
while he was in Harvard College.
MS. cited in Lib. of Cape Cod Hist. (Under Eastham and Orleans).
Paine, Thomas, of New Hampshire and Maine, s. of Dea. John
and Alice (Mayo) Paine of Eastham, Mass., b. Apr. 6, 1725 ; m. (1)
Jan. 24, 1758, Phebe Freeman of Eastham, (2) 1786, Mrs. Sarah S.
Mason of Martha's Vineyard ; d. Jan. 22, 1802 at Portland, Me.
Diary: 1792 (date of extract). He was an itinerant school-
master.
MS. cited in "The Family of John Sullivan," Thornton, p. 54.
Paine, William, Dr., of Worcester, Mass., s. of Timothy and
Sarah (Chandler) Paine, b. June 5, 1750 ; m. Sept. 23, 1773, Lois
Orne ; d. Apr. 19, 1833.
Diary : 1794 - Apr. 4, 1826. The first four years are kept in inter-
leaved almanacs with eight pages between each month. Long entries
of personal and town matters, social entertainments, cases of illness
and remedies used, &c.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
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Palmer, Esther, of Flushing, Long Island, dau. of Joseph and
Palmer of Flushing, L. I. ; m. Richard Champion at Bristol, Eng.,
1711 ; d. of small pox, 1714.
Diary : Oct. 23, 1704 - Jan. 7, 1706. Little more than an itinerary-
names, places, dates and distances, contains little of interest. She
was at Nantucket in June, 1706.
MS. owned by Friends' Reference Library, Devonshire House,
London, Eng. Published in "The Journal of the Friends' Historical
Society," London, Eng., 1909.
Palmer, Stephen, Rev., of Needham, Mass., s. of Rev. Joseph and
Sarah (Eames) Palmer, b. at Norton, Oct. 8, 1766 ; m. May 22, 1794,
Catharine Haven of Dedham; d. Oct. 31, 1821.
MS. copy owned in 1890 by Mr. Chas. C. Greenwood of Needham.
Cited in Dedham Hist. Reg., Vol. I, p. 84.
Park, John, Dr., of Amesbury, Boston and Worcester, Mass., s.
of Andrew and Mary (Cochrane) Park, b. in Windham, N. H., Jan.
7, 1775 ; m. (1) June 25, 1799, Louisa Adams of Acton, Mass., (2)
1814, Mrs. Agnes Major of England ; d. Mar. 4, 1852.
Diary : (1) 1795, (2) Jan. 7, 1837— Kept in Dominique, Martinique
and San Domingo, later in Amesbury, Mass. He was surgeon on
the Warren for two voyages. It was not continued while he lived
in Boston but commenced again in 1837. "His occupations, his
reading and his thoughts are portrayed in their minutest detail."
MSS. owned by Mr. Carl Park, grandson of Dr. Park. Extracts
published iri article on Dr. John Park by Rev. E. H. Hall in Am.
Antiq. Soc. Proceedings, Oct. 1890.
Parker, Andrew, Jr., Dea., of Lexington and Barre, Mass., s. of
Andrew and Sarah (Whitney) Parker, b. in Lexington, Apr. 11, 1738 ;
m. (1) Abigail Jennison, Nov. 29, 1759, (2) Mrs. Mary ( ) Stearns,
Mar. 3, 1785 ; d. in Barre, May, 1791.
Diary : 1763 - 1781. Personal and family matters. Occasional
entries.
MS. owned by Mr. Theodore Parker, Worcester, Mass. A few
extracts published in the "Genealogy of John Parker," by Theodore
Parker, 1893.
Parker, Benjamin, of Kittery, Maine, s. of Benjamin and Mary
(Googin) Parker, b. Nov. 29, 1743; m. Eunice Haley, Feb. 18, 1773.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
219
Diary : Dec. 17, 1776 - Mar. 23, 1777. "A march from Kittery to
Kingsbridge in New York State in the service of the United States of
America and back again."
. MS. published in "Old Eliot," Vol. VI, p. 148.
Parker, James, of Shirley, Mass., s. of Leonard and Abigail
(Parker) Parker of Groton, b. Nov. 26, 1744 ; m. int. Nov. 6, 1767,
Sarah Dickenson ; d. Sept. 29, 1830.
Diary : 1770 - 1829, with some years missing. Interleaved alman-
acs. Notes of his farming affairs, personal matters, town meetings
and social events, with some vital statistics.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Parker, James, Jr., Capt., of Shirley, Mass., s. of James and
Sarah (Dickenson) Parker, b. Feb. 4, 1771 ; m. Ruth Harkness of
Lunenburg, pub. Sept. 4, 1803 ; d. Nov. 18, 1853.
Diary : 1792 - 1853. Interleaved almanacs, of personal matters.
MS. owned by Mrs. Charles K. Bolton, Shirley, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Parker, Sarah, Mrs., of Reading, Mass., dau. of Thomas and
Mary (Goold) Richardson, b. Dec. 25, 1751 ; m. Feb. 4, 1773, Thomas
Parker ; d. 1822.
Diary: 1775-76. "A Christian woman with some literary taste."
MS. cited in "Hist, of Reading," Eaton, p. 387.
Parkhurst, Leonard, of Dunstable, Mass., s. of Joel and Betty
Parkhurst, b. Aug. 4, 1763; m. Hannah Hills; d. Mar. 28, 1821.
Diary : Jan. 17 - Feb. 26, 1787. "His day book on March to sup-
press Shay's Rebellion." Simply a record of where they marched
each day.
MS. published in Genealogical Quarterly, Dec. 1900, p. 233. Also
in Nason's "Hist, of Dunstable," p. 147.
Parkman, Anna Sophia, of Westborough, Mass., dau. of Rev.
Ebenezer and Hannah (Breck) Parkman, b. Oct. 18, 1755 ; m. Elijah
Brigham, Sept. 21, 1780; d. Nov. 26, 1783.
Diary Nov. 20, 1777 - July 6, 1778. Short entries of her daily
life, singing school, tea-drinkings, visits, sleigh rides, and other social
events.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry Staples, Westborough, Mass. Extracts
published in "Hundredth Town," Forbes.
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Parkman, Ebenezer, Rev., of Westborough, Mass., s. of William
and Elizabeth (Adams) Parkman, b. in Boston, Sept. 5, 1703 ; m. (1)
July 7, 1724, Mary Champney, (2) Sept. 11, 1737, Hannah Breck of
Marlborough ; d. Dec. 9, 1782.
Diary: (1) Aug. 1, 1723 - Sept. 4, 1728 ; Jan. 1, 1743 - Jan. 15, 1743 ;
Jan. 1, 1744 -Dec. 31, 1748; Jan. 1, 1750 -Jan. 31, 1753; Jan. 1,
1754 - Dec. 31, 1754 ; Jan. 1, 1756 - May 31, 1761 ; June 14, 1764 - Dec.
31, 1767; Jan. 12, 1768- July 3, 1769; Nov. 10, 1772 -Nov. 21, 1772;
July 24, 1775- Aug. 31, 1777. (2) Aug. 12, 1771 - June 5, 1773; Jan.
1, 1781 - Dec. 5, 1782. (3) 1738, 1739, 1740, June 15, 1773 - July 24,
1775; Sept. 1, 1777 -Oct. 31, 1778. (4) Five months in 1737; Nov.
1, 1778- Dec. 31, 1780. A rare picture of a country minister and his
congregation. It is a history of Westborough for the years it covers,
written most intimately and sympathetically. It also has much kind-
ly gossip of the neighboring towns, news of various wars which took
place during its continuance, glimpses into life at Harvard College,
intelligent mention of various natural phenomena and inventions of
the times. It brings us into familiar intercourse with the last Indians
of Massachusetts and with the exiled Acadians. One of the most
valuable minister's diaries known to be in existence.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (2) owned by Mass. Hist.
Soc. (3) owned by Westborough Hist. Soc, deposited with Am.
Antiq. Soc. (4) owned by Mrs. Edward Tuckerman of Worcester,
Mass. ; published by Westborough Historical Society.
Parkman, Ebenezer, Jr., of Brookfield, Mass., s. of Rev. Ebenezer
and Mary (Champney) Parkman, b. in Westborough, Aug. 20, 1727 ;
m. Sept. 21," 1752, Elizabeth Harrington of Watertown ; d. July 5,
1811.
Diary : June 1, 1779 - Sept. 18, 1793. A journal of the Revolution.
Memoranda of the daily life in the army and the war news in general.
Some matters of personal interest. Most of the diary is kept while
the army was at Morristown. They went to Windsor, Fishkill, &c.
After 1781 he is at his home at Brookfield and makes only occasion-
al entries in his journal.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Parkman, William, of Boston, Mass., s. of Elias and Sarah (Trask)
Parkman, b. in Salem, Mar. 29, 1658 ; m. May 18, 1680, Elizabeth
Adams of Boston ; d. Nov. 30, 1730.
Diary: 1706-1745. Scattered notes written on the margins of
leaves of a series of almanacs which he sewed into one volume. "The
majority of the items are births, marriages and deaths of his family
and friends, but some are of more general historical interest."
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221
MS. owned by Mr. Albert C. Bates, Hartford, Conn. Published in
- Old Northwest Gen. Quar., Oct. 1907.
Parkman, William, of Westborough, Mass., s. of Rev. Ebenezer
and Hannah (Breck) Parkman, b. Feb. 12, 1740/1 ; m. (1) Sept. 11,
1766, Lydia Adams of Medfield, (2) Jan. 26, 1789, Mrs. Lydia (Proctor)
Myrick, (3) June 13, 1811, Mrs. Sarah Wheeler; d. Feb. 5, 1832.
Diary: May 22, 1758 - Apr'. 21, 1759. Commences while he was in
Abercrombie's expedition against Ticonderoga but is continued after
his return home. "Most of the entries are of commonplace matters
and no new important facts are discovered in the diary."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in Mass. Hist.
' Soc. Pro., Vol. 17, p. 243.
Parsons, Abigail (Kingsbury), Mrs., of Enfield, Conn., dau. of
John and Abigail (Phelps) Kingsbury, b. in Bolton, Conn., Jan. 19,
1752; m. Asahel Parsons, Nov. 11, 1773; d. May 3, 1802.
Diary : Jan. 18, 1785 - Dec. 10, 1849 (dates of extracts). A list of
deaths in Enfield, "quite full and valuable." After her death it was
continued by her son and grandson to 1883.
MS. owned in 1900 by Mr. Jabez Parsons of Enfield. Extracts
published in "Hist, of Enfield," Allen, Vol. Ill, p. 2615.
Parsons, Enoch, of Lyme, Conn., s. of Gen. Samuel H. and Mehe-
table (Mather) Parsons, b. Nov. 5, 1769 ; m. (1) May 19, 1795, Mary
(Wyley) Sullivan of Philadelphia, (2) Mrs. Sarah (Hubbard) Rosen-
crantz of Middletown ; d. July 9, 1846.
Diary : spring and summer of 1788. Of a tour to the northwest-
ern territory made in company with his father.
MS. cited in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. I, p. 160.
Parsons, Moses, Rev., of Byfield, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Sarah
(Vinson) Parsons, b. in Gloucester, June 20, 1716; m. Jan. 11, 1743,
Susan Davis ; d. Dec. 14, 1783.
Diary : (1) Mar. 1, 1736/7- May 31, 1740. Kept in a blank book,
record of weather, school, teaching and personal doings. In the back
is a list of collections made for "Mr. Whitefield's Orphan House."
Diary: (2) 1748 -Dec. 9, 1783. Interleaved almanacs. "It treats
largely of the weather but also tells of his pastoral work, farming,
family life and numerous social functions. There are also entries
concerning public affairs. The penmanship is beautiful."
Diary : (3) Jan. 1, 1776 - Feb. 19, 1800. A few entries for each
month usually about a line each. This volume is in cypher and is
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supposed to have been kept by the Rev. Moses Parsons. It has not
been decyphered.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (2) owned by Mr. Charles
William Brown, Worcester, Mass. Extracts in "Hist, of Byfield,"
Ewell. (3) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Parsons, William, Rev., of Gilmanton, N. H., s. of Rev. Joseph
and Elizabeth (Thompson) Parsons, b. in Salisbury, Mass., Apr. 21,
1716; m. May 16, 1743, Sarah Burnham; d. Jan. 31, 1796.
Diary : 1773. Interleaved almanac. "His diary in which he en-
tered a great variety of matters as they occurred from day to day
would be exceedingly valuable in making out the early history of the
town ; but that together with his sermons have probably been de-
stroyed."—"Hist, of Gilmanton," p. 206.
MS. extracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1876.
Patten, Matthew, of Bedford, N. H., Judge of Probate, s. of John
and ( ) Patten, b. in Ireland, May 19, 1719 ; d. Aug. 27,
1795.
Diary : June 18, 1754 - July 26, 1799. He kept a journal previous
to 1754 which is now lost. Full of local happenings with mention
of many people, a rich mine for the local historian.
MS. owned by family of Dr. Peter P. Woodbury. Published by
the Town.
Pausch,- George, Capt., of Hesse.
Diary : May 15, 1776 - Oct. 7, 1777. A journal of the company of
the Hesse-Hanan Artillery of which Capt. Pausch was chief, during
the Burgoyne campaign. He commanded his company in person
during the battle of Bennington.
MS. a copy owned in State Library at Cassel. Original probably
at Marburg. Translation printed at Albany, 1876.
Payne, Tobias, of Boston, Mass., s. of William Payne, b. in Fown-
hope, Hertfordshire, England ; m. Mrs. Sarah (Winslow) Standish,
Nov. 1666 ; d. in Boston, Sept. 12, 1669.
Diary : 1640 - Oct. 25, 1666. A kind of biography and diary es-
pecially of his trip to this country.
MS. owned by Miss Lucy P. Weeks in 1875. Published in the
"Payne and Gore Families," by Whitmore, 1875. Also in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., Jan. 1875, p. 405.
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223
Peabody, Stephen, Rev., of Atkinson, N. H., s. of John and Sarah
(Head) Peabody of Andover, Mass., b. Nov. 11, 1741; m. (1) Jan. 19,
1773, Mary Hazleton, (2) Dec. 8, 1795, Mrs. Elizabeth (Smith) Shaw
of Weymouth ; d. May 23, 1819.
Diary : 1777 - 1818. About half the years between these two dates
are included. Thirteen small volumes. Much about the early days
of Atkinson of which he was one of the founders, the students, their
expenses, &c. He was minister for the Town and lawyer, writing
wills and other legal papers. A very valuable diary of town history.
MS. owned by Rev. H. E. Peabody, 3753 Ellis Ave., Chicago.
Pearce, Nathan, Elder, of North Kingston, R. I., s. of Daniel
and Elizabeth (Tucker) Pearce, b. Apr. 22, 1705, at Newport ; m. Oct.
8, 1724, Abigail Spink; d. at Pawling, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1790.
Diary: Nov. 18, 1755 -Jan. 3, 1758 (date of extracts). Extracts
relateing to natural phenomena, copied into a commonplace book of
Laura Birdsall. There are some outline drawings and diagrams.
MS. copy of extracts owned by Mrs. Charles F. White, Brookline,
Mass. Unpublished.
Pearson, Eliphalet, Dr., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of David and
Sarah (Danforth) Pearson, b. at Byfield, bapt. June 7, 1752 ; m. (1)
Priscilla Holyoke of Cambridge, Mass., July 17, 1780, (2) Elizabeth
(or Sarah) Bromfield of Harvard, Mass. ; d. in Greenland, N. H., Sept.
12, 1826.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1799 - Oct. 31, 1801. Short entries of his daily
doings, visits in Salem, Boston, etc. College and Andover Academy
business. Each entry begins and ends with a number, apparently
the time when he gets up and goes to bed.
MS. owned by Dr. Denison R. Slade, Centre Harbor, N. H.
Pease, Joseph, of Suffield, Conn., s. of Joseph and Mary (Spencer)
Pease, b. at Enfield, Aug. 10, 1728 ; m. Mindwell King, July 28,
1756 ; d. Oct. 16, 1794.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1773 - 1794. Personal matters, items about the
Revolution and the men who went from Suffield.
MS. owned by Mrs. Edward A. Fuller, Suffield, Conn. Unpub-
lished.
Pease, Seth, of Suffield, Conn., s. of Joseph and Mindwell (King)
Pease, b. at Enfield, Jan. 9, 1764 ; m. Dec. 21, 1785, Bathsheba Kent ;
d. in Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1819.
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Diary : (1) May 9, 1796 - Sept. 29, 1796,. (2) Nov. 2 - 13, 1796, (3)
Apr. 3 - June 5, 1797, (4) June 8 - Oct. 25, 1797, with later entries to
Jan. 25, 1798. All the diaries are of trips to and from Cleveland
with surveys in the vicinity of Cleveland. He tells where he stopped,
the people he met and makes observations on the country through
which he passes.
MSS. owned by Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Published in annual
report of Western Reserve Hist. Soc, Tract No. 94.
Pecker, Daniel, Capt., of Haverhill, Mass., s. of James and Ann
(Davis) Pecker, b. May 23, 1690 ; m. (1) Oct. 29, 1713, Sarah Cheever
of Boston, (2) Sept. 23, 1743, Elizabeth Welland ; will proved June 7,
1750.
Diary : Nov. 23 - Dec. 12, 1723. Scouting expedition from Haver-
hill to New Hampshire.
MS. in the Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 47. Published in "Letters
of Col. Thos. Westbrook," Trask, 1901, p. 187.
Peckham, Thomas, of Newport, R. L, s. of Thomas and Hannah
(Weeden) (Clarke) Peckham, b. Aug. 19, 1693 ; m. Oct. 4, 1722,
Sarah Brown ; d. Oct. 29, 1765.
Diary : May 2, 1742 - June 27, 1750. Partly an account book and
partly a diary. A record of ordinary occurrences in country life,
farming notes and fragments of conversation with the neighbors.
MS. owned by Newport Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Peckover, Edmund, of Fakenham, England, s. of Joseph and
Katherine (Long) Peckover, b. Mar. 15, 1695-96 ; m. (1) Sept. 8, 1717
at Hull, Hannah Maria Haggitt, (2) July 12, 1733/4 at Colchester,
Sarah Bangs, (3) Apr. 2, 1762 at Norwich, Grace Wright ; d. at Wells,
Mar. 19, 1767.
Diary : Sept. 16, 1742 - Jan. 27, 1743. Journal of his trip to North
America and Barbadoes. He goes to Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Maine and Massachusetts.
MS. in London Yearly Meeting Minutes, Vol. 9, pp. 322 - 339, in
handwriting of Benjamin Bourne, clerk, in Friend's Reference Libra-
ry, 12 Bishopsgate, London. Abstract in "Journal of Friends' Hist.
Soc," 1903, p. 94.
Pemberton, John, of Philadelphia, Pa., s. of Israel and Rachel
(Read) Pemberton of Bristol, Pa., b. in Philadelphia, Nov. 27, 1727;
m. May 8, 1766, Hannah Zane ; d. in Westphalia, Germany, Jan. 31,
1795.
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225
Diary : June 2, 1769 - Jan. 18, 1795. A religious visit to Rhode
Island and Nantucket. He goes several times to New England.
MS. extracts published in Friend's Library, Vol. 6, p. 284.
Pemberton, Thomas, of Boston, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mary
, (Halsey) Pemberton, b. Nov. 8, 1728 ; unmarried ; d. July 5, 1807.
Diary : Aug. 14, 1765 - Dec. 23, 1783. "This important contem-
poraneous general account of the war is one of the earliest American
Revolutionary journals . . . Four pages relate to Andre." — Merwin
Cat., 1911, No. 427.
"Historical Journal," with the events of the war for each day, not
however written each day, but collected afterwards.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published by Boston Apollo Press,
1795. Also in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. II, p. 41.
Penhallow, Samuel, of Portsmouth, N. H., b. at St. Mabyn,
Cornwall, England, July 2, 1665 ; m. (1) July 1, 1687, Mary Cult of
N. H., (2) Sept. 8, 1714, Mrs. Abigail (Atkinson) Winslow ; d. Dec.
2, 1726.
Diary : Aug. 10, 1703 - June 14, 1722, printed "from July 25, 1722
to their submission, Dec. 15, 1725." "History of the wars of N. E.
with the Eastern Indians continued, or a narrative of their perfidy
and cruelty against the English." Not really a journal although
written partly from day to day.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Published in Boston, by T.
Fleet for S. Gerrish, 1726. The printed copy does not always follow
the original. Also in the N. H. Hist. Colls., 1824.
Pepperell, William, Sir., of Kittery Point, Me., s. of William
and Margery (Bray) Pepperell, b. at Kittery, June 27, 1696 ; m. Mary
Hirst, Mar. 16, 1723 ; d. July 6, 1759.
Dairy : 1744 - 1745. "An accurate Journal and Account of the Pro-
ceedings of the New England Land-Forces during the Late Expedition
against the French Settlements on Cape Breton to the time of the
Surrender of Louisbourg." Attested by Lt.-Gen. Pepperell.
MS. published by A. S. Bruce, 1746, London.
Percival, Benjamin, of Sandwich, Mass., s. of John and Lydia
(Fuller) Percival, b. Jan. 13, 1752 in South Sandwich; m. 1772,
Lydia Goodspeed ; d. Apr. 15, 1817.
Diary : Jan. 28, 1777- Apr. 22, 1817. Personal matters, farm work
and special occurrences.
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MS. owned by Mr. John Percival of Sandwich, Mass. Copy by
Mrs. Vaughan Bacon, Barnstable, Mass. Birth, marriage and death
records with some other items published in "Pilgrim Notes and
Queries," Vol. I, Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 and Vol. II, No. 3.
Perkins, Nathan, Rev., of Hartford, Conn., s. of Matthew and
Hannah (Bishop) Perkins, b. in Lisbon, Conn., May 12, 1748 ; m.
1774, Catherine Pitkin of Farmington ; d. Jan. 18, 1838.
Diary : Apr. 27 - June 12, 1789. A trip through Conn, and Mass.
and western Vermont as far as Burlington and return. It "expresses
freely its author's views of conditions in the new settlements and of
the people he met ... Its frankness makes it amusing and apart
from its historical value it is a human document of no little interest."
MS. owned by George Bird Grinnell. Published in Woodstock, Vt.
1920.
Perkins, Simeon, Col., of Norwich, Conn., s. of Jacob and Jemima
(Leonard) Perkins of Norwich, b. Feb. 24, 1735; m. (1) Abigail
Backus of Norwich, June, 12, 1759, (2) Elizabeth (Young) Hadley of
Manchester, N. S. ; d. in Liverpool, N. S., May 9, 1812.
Diary : 1767 - 1812, the years for 1805 to 1809 are missing. "He
evidently kept these minutes as aids to his memory as matters of
reference largely of his private affairs ; but also noting fatalities of
one kind or another and marriages, births and daily happenings that
might occur to him now and them." Long entries.
MS. owned by the Town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in the office
of the Town Clerk. Extracts from 1779 to 1812 published in "Arca-
diensis," Vol. IV, p. 104.
Perkins, Thomas, Handasyd, of Boston, Mass., s. of James and
Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins, b. in Boston, Dec. 15, 1764 ; m. Jane Elliot
of Boston, 1788 ; d. Jan. 11, 1854.
Diary : (1) 1789. Journal kept at Batavia.
Diary : (2) Dec. 14, 1794 - Aug. 29, 1795. Journey to France — in
Paris, description of scenes of the Revolution. Trips in France, on
the Continent and in England.
"He had crossed the Atlantic many times, always keeping a diary,
which he filled with the incidents that occurred, with the results of
his inquiries and with remarks worthy of an intelligent traveller." —
Sketch in Merchant's Magazine.
MSS. extracts published in "Life of Thomas H. Perkins," by T.
G. Cady.
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Peters, John, Jr., of Blue Hill, Me., s. of John and Mary (Dyer)
Peters, b. in Blue Hill, July 28, 1771 ; m. Charlotte Langdon ; d. in
Brooklyn, N. Y., July 30, 1843.
Diary : May 29 - Aug. 24, 1797. Field book of the survey of the
Magaguadavic by D. Cambell and John Peters, Jr. Also a journal of
the survey of the same river September 14, 1796 to September 20,
1797 — copy made by John Peters, Jr.
MS. in Raymond Collection, Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
Phelps, Elizabeth (Porter), Mrs., of Hadley, Mass., dau. of
Moses and Elizabeth (Pitkin) Porter of Hadley, Mass., b. Nov. 20,
1747; m. June 4, 1770, Charles Phelps; d. Nov. 11, 1817.
Diary : 1763 - 1812. "Each Sunday the text of the sermon is given
and the events of the days of the week preceding are set down
briefly or with rich comment. Household events, visits of friends and
public matters being all chronicled. There is a strong vein of piety,
high principle and common sense."
MS. owned by Dr. James L. Huntington of Boston. Extracts
published in "Under a Colonial Roof-Tree," by Miss A. S. Huntington
of Syracuse, N. Y., 1892.
Phelps, Matthew, Capt., of Harwington, Conn., and Newhaven,
Vt, s. of Lt. Samuel and Ruth (Phelps) Phelps, b. June 6, 1746 ; m. (1)
1766, Jerusha Phelps, (2) Thankful (Phelps) Moore.
Diary : Dec. 1773 - Oct. 1780. Kept while he was a member of the
association of Maj. Phineas Lyman for colonializing a tract of land
in the Natchez Country. This seems to be the only surviving record
of the hardships and sufferings endured by this band of adventurers
and their families.
MS. used as a basis for the "Memoirs and Adventures of Capt.
Matthew Phelps," Haswell, Bennington, Vt., 1802.
Philbrook, Jonathan, of Brunswick, Me., s. of Jonathan and
Elizabeth ( ) Philbrook, b. 1721 ; m. (1) Mary Card of George-
town (now Bath), pub. May 27, 1749, (2) Dorothy Weld of Attle-
borough, 1759; d. at Clinton, Me., 1801.
Diary: Mar. 7, -Mar. 18, 1747/8. "Journal of a march up the
Kennebeck River by Capt. John Gatchell of Brunswick." A scouting
party.
MS. owned in 1878 by H. W. Bryant of Portland, Me. Published
in "Hist, of Brunswick," by Wheeler, p. 58.
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Phillips, Catherine, of Worcestershire, England, dau. of Henry
and Ann (Fowler) Payton, b. Jan. 16, 1726/7; m. July 15,1772,
William Phillips in England ; d. Aug. 16, 1794.
Diary: May 5, 1749 -Aug. 12, 1785. Called memoirs, but her
movements in her journeys are described from day to day. Goes to
New England in 1754.
MS. published in Phila., 1798. A printed copy owned by N. Y.
Public Library in Ford Coll.
Phillips, John, Col., of Boston, s. of Samuel and Mary (Emerson)
Phillips, b. June 22, 1701 ; m. (1) Nov. 21, 1723, Mary Buttolph of
Boston, (2) Abigail Webb of Fairfield, Conn. ; d. Apr. 19, 1768.
Diary : 1720 -1744. Earthquakes, fasts, funerals. "Like a great
many of the note books of the same period it consists mostly of an
enumeration and abstracts of sermons the colonel had heard from
Colman, Cooper and others after 1720. These reports are inter-
spersed with memoranda of gloves and rings received at weddings
and funerals and when he had 'watched/ "
MS. owned by Mrs. John C. Phillips, Boston, Mass. Extracts in
"Memorial History of Boston," Vol. II, pp. 112, 117, 239 and on other
pages. Unpublished.
Phillips, John, Hon., of Exeter, N. H., s. of Rev. Samuel and
Hannah (White) Phillips of Andover, b. Dec. 27, 1719 ; m. (1) Sarah
(Wells) Gilman of Wells, (2) 1767, Elizabeth (Dennet) Hale of Ports-
mouth, N. H. ; d. Apr. 21, 1795.
Diary : 1739 - 1746. In Bond's Watertown, p. 881, a correspondent
is quoted as saying : "I have the almanacks of Rev. J. Phillips from
1739 to 1746 inclusive but it is not known that he ever accepted a
pastoral charge or was ordained."
Phillips, Samuel, Rev., of Andover, Mass., s. of Samuel and Mary
(Emerson) Phillips, b. Feb. 17, 1690 ; m. Jan. 7, 1712, Hannah White
of Haverhill; d. June 5, 1771.
Diary : 1727, 1728, 1739 (dates of extracts). Interleaved almanacs.
MS. cited in "Abbot's Andover," also in Felt's "Annals of Salem,"
p. 141.
Phinney, Eli, Dea., of Barnstable, Mass.
Diary : Apr. 20 - Apr. 25, 1775 (dates of extracts). "It was written
solely for private use and was principally employed about private
transactions ; but occasionally amidst the details of such matters as
the getting in of hay, the sorting out of winter fodder for cattle, the
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mending of a fence, sickness in the family and the remedies applied,
a ride to one neighbor's, and an evening visit from another, is a pass-
ing reference to what was going on in the larger world."
MS. cited in "Cape Cod Centennial Celebration," Phinney, 1840,
p. 47.
Pickering, Timothy, Col., of Salem, Mass., s. of Timothy and
Mary (Wingate) Pickering, b. July 17, 1745 ; m. Rebecca White of
Bradford, Mass., Apr. 8, 1776; d. Jan. 29, 1829.
Diary: 1786-1792. This is a narrative of his experience at
Wyoming, Wilkesbarre and vicinity. Written in 1818 but is usually
called Pickering's journal.
MS. a few copies were printed in 1818, also in discourse by Rev.
Chas. W. Upham, Salem, 1829.
Pierce, Daniel, of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of Joshua and Elizabeth
(Hall) Pierce, bapt. May 15, 1709; m. Oct. 29, 1742, Anna Rindge;
d. Dec. 5, 1773.
Diary : 1744, 1745, 1755, 1765-1768, 1770, 1772. A file of Ames'
Almanacs with records of public and private events.
MS. extracts published in "Rambles about Portsmouth," Brewster,
Vol. 1, p. 357.
Pierce, John, of Worcester, Mass., s. of Josiah and Sarah (Gale)
Pierce, b. in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1745 ; m. Aug. 16, 1770, Lydia
Jones ; d. Mar. 2, 1808.
Diary: Sept. 8, 1775 -Jan. 16,1776. Of Arnold's expedition to
Quebec. "It is a closely written manuscript containing the daily oc-
cur rences."— R. I. Hist. Soc. Colls., No. 6.
MS. is unlocated. Unpublished.
Pierce, John, Rev., of Brookline, Mass., s. of John and Sarah
(Blake) Pierce, b. in Dorchester, July 14, 1773, m. (1) Oct. 31, 1798,
Abigail Lovell of Medway, (2) May 6, 1802, Lucy Tappan ; d. Aug.
24, 1849.
Diary: Sept. 1, 1795 -Sept. 19, 1795 and a voluminous journal from
1806 to 1849. "The journal contains many curious and interest-
ing details, but much of it is of so personal a character that it ought
not to be printed during this generation. Many things moreover
which are recorded in it were not within the writer's own knowledge
and as he was not careful to verify what he heard, his diary if it
shall ever be printed will need more than ordinary editorial care on
the part of the publishing committee." The published part is "an
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account of a journey on horseback to attend the commencement ex-
ercises at Providence and New Haven."
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by the Journalist. Extracts
published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., June, 1886, p. 40, with notes by
Mr. C. C. Smith.
Pierce, Josiah, of South Hadley and Amherst, Mass., s. of Samuel
and Abigail (Johnson) Pierce of Woburn, b. July 13, 1708 ; m. Nov.
17, 1743, Miriam Cook ; d. Feb. 10, 1788.
Diary : 1762 - 1766, 1769, 1770. Kept in interleaved almanacs.
Personal doings and items of town news. He was the town clerk
and a schoolmaster.
MS. owned by Miss Fanny H. Boltwood, 265 Morris Ave., Grand
Rapids, Mich. Extracts in Judd's "History of Hadley." Unpublished.
Pierce, Samuel, Col., of Dorchester, Mass., s. of Samuel and Ab-
igail (Mosely) Pierce, b. in Dorchester, Mar. 25, 1739 ; m. Oct. 24,
1765, Elizabeth How of Dorchester ; d. June 4, 1815.
Diary : Sept. 14, 1761 - June 2, 1799 with an omission of four years
from 1765 - 1769. Personal and public matters, including the Boston
Tea Party, burning of Charlestown and the movements of the troops
around Boston. During the war he was an officer in the army.
MS. owned by Mr. George Francis Pierce, Dorchester, Mass. Ex-
tracts in "Hist, of Dorchester," 1859, pp. 358 and 588.
Pierpont, James, Rev., of New Haven, Conn., s. of John and Thank-
ful (Stow) Pierpont, b. Jan. 8, 1660; m. (1) Oct. 27, 1691, Abigail Daven-
port, (2) May 30, 1694, Sarah Haynes of Hartford, (3) July 26, 1698,
Mary Hooker of Farmington ; d. Nov. 22, 1714.
Diary: 1692. Interleaved almanac containing many memoranda
and curious notes. — Brinley catalogue.
Rev. James Pierpont was the author of the story of the phantom
ship first told in the "Magnalia."
MS. unpublished.
Pierpont, Jonathan, Rev., of Reading, Mass., s. of Robert and
Sarah (Lynde) Pierpont, b. in Roxbury, June 10, 1665 ; m. Elizabeth
Angier of Cambridge, Oct. 29, 1691 ; d. in Reading, June 3, 1709.
Diary: July 10, 1682 - Feb. 11, 1707. Short entries of personal
matters in Cambridge, Dorchester, Dedham, Reading and Charlestown.
MS. owned in 1859 by Rev. John Pierpont of Medford. Extracts
published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1859.
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Pierpont, Sarah (Breck) Mrs., of New Haven, Conn., dau. of
Nathaniel and Martha (Cunnable) Breck, b. in Boston, Nov. 23, 1710 ;
m. James Pierpont, Jr., Nov. 16, 1727 ; d. Sept. 28, 1753.
Diary : Nov. 10, 1726 - May 1, 1753 with gaps from 1726 - 1729 and
from 1729 - 1734. Extracts from this diary are given in a manu-
script memorial of Mrs. Pierpont by the Rev. Ebenezer Parkman. In
the introduction to this he writes : — "And finally I return you Madam
Pierpont's Journal those precious memorials of God's dealing with
her soul, on her pilgrimage toward the New Jerusalem."
MS. of Mr. Parkman's owned by the Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpub-
lished.
Pike, John, Rev., of Dover, N. H., s. of Major Robert and Sarah
(Sanders) Pike, b. at Salisbury, May 13, 1653 ; m. Sarah Moody, May
5, 1681; d. Mar. 10, 1709/10.
Diary : Jan. 3, 1682/3 - June 30, 1709. "His journal is divided into
three parts or divisions, named Personal Occurents, Observable Sea-
sons and Observable Providences." It consists of rather short en-
tries but gives news of many people. It is full of local history and
has also accounts of a number of Indian raids.
MS. a copy is owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Mass.
Hist. Soc. Pro., Vol. 14, p. 121 with very full notes by Rev. A. H.
Quint, D. D. Also printed in Cambridge, 1876 and in the N. H. Hist.
Colls., Vol. Ill, p. 40.
Pike, Robert, of Salisbury, Mass., s. of Robert and Sarah (Sanders)
Pike, b. June 26, 1655 ; m. Mary ; d. Aug. 22, 1690.
Diary: 1676 (date of extract). Extract about a detachment sent
to Salisbury from Ipswich in pursuit of the enemy.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Ipswich," Felt, p. 147.
Pitman, John, Rev., of Providence, R. I., s. of William and Mary
(Blower) Pitman, b. in Boston, Apr. 27, 1751 ; m. (1) Sept. 22, 1778,
Rebecca Cox of Mt. Holly, N. J., (2) after 1790, Mrs. Susannah
(Vauhan) Greene ; d. July 24, 1820.
Diary : (1) Apr. 25 - Aug. 21, 1777. Orderly book and diary kept
at Headquarters, Morristown, N. J.
Diary : (2) Jan. 1, 1783 - July, 1822 with some earlier entries from
Apr. 15, 1779. Almost entirely personal. Some accounts, trips
made as a preacher, details of accidents, &c.
MSS. (1) owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. (2) by Gen. John Pit-
man of Orange, N. J. Extracts published in New England Magazine,
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Vol. 18, p. 407 in "A Baptist Preacher and Soldier," by Alice Morse
Earle.
Plant, Matthias, Rev., of Newburyport, Mass., b. in Stafford-
shire, England ; m. Dec. 21, 1722, Lydia Bartlett of Newburyport ; d.
Apr. 2, 1753 aged 62.
Diary: Feb. 10, 1722- Jan. 1, 1753. "The book contains items of
every description, including Mr. Plant's official acts as a priest of the
Church of England, more or less of his correspondence with the sec-
retary for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts whose
missionary he was, and running down to remedies for toothache,
items for personal and household expense, &c." — Mr. Moses Brown.
Also a list of about 125 marriages performed by him from 1728 to
1736 under special licenses from the Governor, almost entirely of
people coming from a distance.
MS. owned by St. Paul's Church, Newburyport. Unpublished.
Plimpton, Nathan, of Medfield, Mass., s. of Joseph and Priscilla
(Partridge) Plimpton, b. Jan. 5, 1710/11 ; m. Abigail Clark, Apr. 23,
1747; d.Oct. 21, 1781.
Diary : 1744. Interleaved almanac. Meetings, many vital statis-
tics, weather, thanks returned for birth of children.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Plumer, William, Gov., of Epping, N. H., s. of Samuel and Mary
(Dole) Plumer, b. in Newburyport, Mass., June 25, 1759 ; m. Feb. 12,
1788, Sally Fowler of Newmarket; d. Dec. 22, 1850.
Diary : 1794 - June 25, 1842 (date of extracts). Personal and pub-
lic affairs ; journeys taken, references to proceedings in Congress.
MS. extracts published in "Life of William Plumer," by William
Plumer, Jr., Boston, 1857.
Polley, John, of Charlton, Mass., s. of John and Mary ( )
Polley, b. probably at Dudley, Mass., 1743 ; m. Phebe Chamberlain
of Dudley, Apr. 12, 1770 ; d. Dec. 1829 in Holland, Mass.
Diary : May 12 - Dec. 22, 1775. "Wherein is contained an account
of the battles and skirmishes which happened near Boston between
the American and regular troops when we were engaged in civil
war." Kept at Roxbury and Cambridge.
MS. owned by Chicago Hist. Soc, the gift of Hon. John C. Polley -
of Chicago in 1921. Unpublished.
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233
Pomeroy, Seth, Gen., of Northampton, Mass., s. of Ebenezer
and Sarah (King) Pomeroy, b. May 20, 1706 in Northampton ; m.
Mary Hunt, Dec. 14, 1732 ; d. Feb. 19, 1777 at Peekskill.
Diary: (1) Mar. 14, 1744/45- Apr. 11, 1745. A good diary of the
siege of Louisburg.
Diary : (2) July 1, 1755 - Oct. 23, 1755. Of the Crown Point Ex-
pedition. These journals "contain a fund of invaluable historical
material and also embody a mine of local information not else-
where to be found."
Diary : (3) Jan. 15, 1777- Jan. 28, 1777. Short journal of a march
from Northampton to Peekskill.
MSS. owned by George E. Pomeroy, Toledo, Ohio. Published in
"History of Northampton/' Vol. II, pp. 121 and 260.
Pond, Peter, of Milford, Conn., s. of Peter and Mary (Hubbard)
Pond, b. Jan. 13, 1740 ; m. Susanna Newell ; d. 1807.
Diary : 1756. "Remarkable experiences in early wars of New
England and his own story of his life as a pioneer fur-trader in the
savage lands of North America." There are very few dates. It
consists largely of descriptions mostly of Indians.
MS. owned by Mrs. Nathan Gillett Pond. Published in Connecti-
cut Magazine, 1906.
Poor, Enoch, Brig. - Gen., of Exeter, N. H., s. of Thomas and
Mary (Adams) Poor, b. in Andover, June 21, 1736; m. Martha
Osgood of Andover; d. in Hackensack, N. J., Sept. 8, 1780.
Diary : Apr. 6, 1759 - May 12, 1760. Written while a private in
the company of Capt. Titcomb at Fort Frederick, St. Johns. He
gives a list of all the men in the garrison. "Records many details of
garrison life, the arrivals of vessels from Boston and Halifax, the
work of the soldiers on the fortifications, the price of provisions, the
sending out of scouting parties, the relaxing of discipline on days
when there was no 'forteeque' and the coming into the fort of mes-
sengers from other posts." Anderson Auction Co., Catalogue, 1912,
No. 956.
MS. owned by the late George D. Smith, New York. Unpublished.
Pope, Amos, of Danvers, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and Mary (Swiner-
ton) Pope, b. Feb. 20, 1772 in Danvers; m. Sarah Goodale, Jan. 16,
1806; d. Jan. 6, 1837.
Diary : 1794 - 1798. Vital statistics, burials, enlistments, holidays,
personal doings, texts of sermons, fires, &c.
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MS. owned by Matthew A. Stickney of Salem in 1865. Extracts
published in Hist. Colls., Essex Inst., Vol. 8, p. 101 ; and from Feb. 28,
1794 to Oct. 19, 1807 in Dan vers Hist. Colls., Vol. 10, p. 103.
Porter, Elisha, Col., of Hadley, Mass., s. of Eleazar and Sarah
(Pitkin) Porter, b. Jan. 29, 1742, in Hadley ; m. (l) Sarah Jewett of
Rowley, May 13, 1762, (2) Abigail Phillips of Boston, Mar. 19, 1778 ;
d. in Hadley, May 29, 1796.
Diary : Jan. 19 - Aug. 25, 1776. Interleaved almanac. "Touching
his march to the relief of the Continental Forces before Quebec.
A very interesting soldier's diary." The march was by way of Ti~
conderoga.
MS. owned by Samuel D. Smith, Esq., of Hadley. Published in
Magazine of American History, Vol. 30, p. 185.
Porter, John, Rev., of Bridgewater, Mass., s. of Samuel and Mary
Porter, b. Feb. 2, 1716 ; m. (1) Oct. 15, 1740, Olive Johnson of Can-
terbury, Conn., (2) Mary Huntington of Lebanon, d. Mar. 12, 1802.
Diary : (1) 1741-43, 1745, 1748-49, 1751-55, 1758-59, 1760, 1762-67.
Interleaved almanacs, with copious manuscript notes relative to
affairs in Bridgewater, Braddock's defeat, the Canadian campaign, &c.
Diary: (2) 1757. Notes of trips, funerals and various personal
doings.
MSS. (1) owned by C. F. Libbie Co., Boston. (2) by Mr. S. L.
Munson, Albany. Both unpublished.
Porter, Jonathan, of Boxford, Mass. and Londonderry, N. H., s.
of Jonathan and Mehetable (Rea) Porter, b. in Exeter, N. H., May 1,
1763; m. Feb. 15, 1789, Lydia Rea; d. Oct. 13, 1851.
Diary: Aug. 6, 1778 -Dec. 29, 1778. Begins in Providence, a
soldier's diary and orderly book. Contains a list of Capt. Simon
Brown's Co. in Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Unpublished.
Porter, Nehemiah, Rev., of Chebacco, Mass., s. of Nehemiah and
Hannah (Smith) Porter, b. at Ipswich, Mar. 20, 1720 ; m. (1) Rebecca
Chipman of Beverly, (2) Elizabeth Nowell ; d. Feb. 29, 1820, aged
nearly one hundred, at Ashfield.
Diary: 1749, 1752 and 1753. Interleaved almanacs. Short entries,
records of where he preaches, a few deaths.
MS. owned by Worcester Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
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235
Porter, Sarah, Madam, of Hadley, Mass., dau. of William and
Elizabeth (Stanley) Pitkin of Hartford, Conn., b. Dec. 9, 1702 ; m.
Eleazar Porter of Hadley, 1725 ; d. June 6, 1784,
Diary : (1) 1748, (2) 1751 - 1770. Interleaved almanacs. Texts,
fires, personal matters, Indian raids, visits, marriages, deaths. Many
relatives and other persons mentioned.
MSS. (1) owned by Mrs. Laura A. Hudson, Plainfield, Mass., (2) by
Miss Fanny H. Boltwood, 265 Morris Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Un-
published.
Porterfield, Charles, of Frederick County, Virginia, s. of Charles
Porterfield, b. in Frederick Co. in 1750 ; wounded in the battle of
Camden and died on the banks of the Santee River while on his way
to Charleston, S. C. Buried at Monks Corner, S. C.
Diary: Mar. 3, 1776- July 23, 1776. A journal of his imprison-
ment in Quebec. Charles Porterfield was one of Morgan's Co. and
served in Boston and went on Arnold's expedition. The Journal was
not kept in New England but is included in this list as he was with
New England men and had, in the same campaign, served in New
England.
The entries are long and give full and interesting accounts of the
rumors of battles and other incidents of the war which came to the
Quebec prisoners. Also many bits of their daily life and of their
continual hopes of exchange and freedom.
MS. owned by Southern Hist. Asso. ; given by Col. George A. Por-
terfield of Charlestown, West Virginia. Extracts published in Mag.
of Am. Hist., Apr. 1889. In full in Pub. of Southern Hist. Asso.,
Vol. 6.
Pote, William, Jr., of Falmouth, Me., s. of Capt. and Dorothy
(Gatchell) Pote, b. Dec. 15, 1718 ; d. before Oct. 6, 1755.
Diary : May, 1745- Aug. 1747. A journal of his captivity in Que-
bec during the French and Indian war. It is "by far the most valu-
able of all recent discoveries on the period of our Colonial history to
which it relates. ... It covers 234 closely written pages. It supplies
missing links and reconciles contradictions which have hitherto defied
the student of American History." He was master of the schooner
Montague.
MS. owned by Mr. Edward E. Ayer. Chicago. Published by Dodd,
Mead & Co., N. Y., 1896.
Potter, Cuthbert, Capt., of Virginia. He died in Bridgton, Bar-
badoes, June 28, 1691.
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Diary : July 6 - Sept. 24, 1690. Of a voyage from Virginia to New
England where he stays from July 25 - Aug. 23. He was sent by the
Governor of Virginia to investigate depredations committed by the
Indians. Describes the treatment he received in Boston.
MS. owned by the Public Record Office, London, Colonial Class
5, No. 1305. Transcript in possession of Mass. Hist. Soc. in F. L.
Gay Papers. Published in Calendar of State Papers, Col., Ser. 1690,
p. 341. Also in "Travels in Am. Colonies," Mereness, 1916.
Powell, William Dummer, of Boston, Mass., s. of John and Anne
(Dummer) Powell, b. 1726 ; m. Aug. 27, 1759, Mary Bromfield ; d.
in Boston, Feb. 15, 1805, aged 79.
Diary: (1) Sept. 25, 1770 -Dec. 23, 1782. Occasional memoranda
of events, journeys, visitors, deaths, &c.
Diary : (2) 1777. Bickerstaff's. Many items about the war.
Diary: (3) 1791, 1800-1803 and a part of 1805 nearly up to the
time of his death. Domestic affairs, guests, &c.
MSS. (2) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (3) by Mr. Paul M. Hamlen,
Gloucester St., Boston. (1) published in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. 7,
p. 235.
Powers, Peter, Capt., of Hollis, N. H., s. of Daniel and Elizabeth
(Whitcomb) Powers of Littleton, Mass., b. in 1707 ; m. pub. Apr. 20,
1728, Anna Keyes of Chelmsford ; d. Aug. 27, 1757.
Diary : June 15 - July 6, 1754. Of an expedition sent from Mass-
achusetts to explore the northern country. They went as far as
Dalton.
MS. in "Hist. Sketches of Coos Co." Powers, 1841. Extracts
published in "Hist, of Bristol, N. H.," by Musgrove, 1904, Vol. I, p. 25.
Pownall, Thomas, Gov., of Boston, Mass., s. of William and Sar-
ah (Burniston) Pownall, b. at Lincoln, England, 1722 ; m. (l) Aug.
1763, Lady Harriet (Churchill) Faulkner, (2) Ang. 2, 1784, Mrs.
Astell of Everton House ; d. at Bath, England, Feb. 25, 1805.
Dairy : May 4 - May 27, 1759. "Journal of the voyage of His Ex-
cellency Thos. Pownall, Esq. Capt. - Gen. and Gov. in Chief over His
Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay to Penobscot and of his
proceedings in establishing possession of His Majesty's Rights there
in behalf of said Province." Written by his secretary but signed by
himself.
MS. in State Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 305. Published in Me. Hist.
Soc. Colls., Vol. 5, p. 265.
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237
Pratt, Richard, of Lynn, Mass., s. of Grover and Rebecca (Lewes)
Pratt of Maiden, b. Nov. 27, 1738 ; m. Nov. 12, 1751, Rebecca Ingalls ;
d. Apr. 25, 1816.
Diary: Jan. 8, 1755 -June 25, 1775. "This may be a commonplace
book in another sense than is intended by its title inasmuch as it sets
down and records without rhetoric or sentiment the things which
came to the attention of a grave and clerky man who passed an un-
eventful life in the rural hamlet of Lynn nearly a century and a half
ago. Many births, christenings, publishments, marriages and
deaths."
MS. owned by late Mr. Walter M. Hawkes of Lynn. Published in
Lynn, 1900.
Pratt, William, Elder, of Easton, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Pratt of Weymouth, b. Mar. 6, 1559 ; m. Oct. 26, 1680, Elizabeth
Baker of Dorchester ; d. Jan. 13, 1713.
Diary: 1698/99. A note, book and diary kept in an almanac.
There are about a hundred medical prescriptions among the notes.
There is also a narrative of two voyages to South Carolina.
MS. owned by Joshua E. Crane, Esq. of Bridgewater. A few ex-
tracts published in "Hist, of Easton," by W. L. Chaffin.
Preble, Jedidiah, Gen., of Falmouth, Maine, s. of Benjamin and
Mary (Baston) Preble, b. in York, 1707; m. (1) Mar. 21, 1733, Mar-
tha Junkins of York, (2) Mrs. Mehetable (Bangs) Roberts, May 9,
1754; d. Mar. 11, 1784 at Falmouth.
Diary : Aug. 5, 1775 - Nov. 18, 1782. A diary of the Revolution.
Begins in Roxbury, Mass. The daily affairs in the army, condition
of the troops and supplies, fortifications around Boston, largely of
public matters mixed with a few social events.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Society, given in 1867 by G. H.
Preble of Charlestown. Published in "Genealogical Sketch of the
Preble Family," by Capt. Geo. Henry Preble, Boston, 1868.
Prentice, Caleb, Rev., of Reading, Mass., s. of Caleb and Lydia
(Whittemore) Prentiss, b. Nov. 17, 1746, m. Jan. 1, 1771, Pamela
Mellen of Sterling ; d. Feb. 7, 1803.
Diary : 1769 - 1799. "From the date of his settlement in 1769 he
kept almost a daily memorandum of public events, as well as occur-
rences in his parish and in his own family. I have most of these in
my possession, in his family almanac for more than thirty years, the
calendar pages being interleaved for the purpose. I find much to
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amuse that is personal, occasionally something illustrative of things,
though but little deserving a place in history." — Hon. John Prentiss.
MS. owned in 1873 by Hon. John Prentiss, Keene, N. H. Extracts
for 1780 in "Prentice Genealogy," p. 416. Extracts published in "Cel-
ebration at Reading," 1844.
Prentiss, Elizabeth, Miss, of Holliston, Mass., dau. of Rev. Joshua
and Margaret (Appleton) Prentiss, b. Jan. 9, 1763 ; unmarried ; d.
Dec. 13, 1835.
Diary : 1791 - 1835. "The writing is very fine and trying and the
matter rather uninteresting. She must have been very religious as
she writes mostly of her daily thoughts and feelings on the subject
and it contains very little information concerning family or outside
matters."
MS. owned by Miss Grace I. Dickenson of Worcester, Mass. Un-
published.
Prentiss, Joshua, Rev., of Holliston, Mass., s. of Henry and
Elizabeth "/Prentice, b. at Cambridge, Apr. 9, 1719 ; m. (1) Nov. 9,
1743, Mary Angier, (2) Jan. 9, 1755, Margaret Appleton, (3) int. Jan.
9, 1770, Mary Haley ; d. Apr. 24, 1788.
Diary: 1754 (date of extract). The extract relates to the preva-
lence of the distemper.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Framingham," Temple, p. 220.
Preston, John, of Danvers, Mass., s. of John and Sarah (Gary)
(Holt) Preston, b. in Salem Village, Sept. 4, 1717; m. July 12, 1744,
Hannah Putnam ; d. Mar. 28, 1771.
Diary : 1744 - 1760. Only one entry for each year, a kind of history
of the important events in his family, weather, natural phenomena
and other important happenings.
MS. owned by Mrs. G. E. Combes, Amesbury, Mass. Published
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1902. Also in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls.,
Vol. 2, p. 256.
Price, Ezekiel, of Boston and Stoughton, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Goldthwaite) Price, b. Sept. 9, 1727 ; m. Apr. 18, 1765,
Ruth Avery; d. July 15, 1802.
Diary: (1) June 1, 1754- Aug. 22, 1780. Notarial records.
Diary: (2) May 23, 1775 -Aug. 18, 1776. Record of his daily do-
ings with much news of his neighbors. Also of the siege of Boston.
At this time he was in Stoughton.
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239
Diary : (3) Dec. 6, 1777 - Oct. 6, 1778. An interleaved almanac ;
largely of war news especially about the French in Rhode Island.
Diary : (4) 1782. "Full of rumors and reports in regard to the
movements of troops and the fighting in Virginia and about York-
town."
MSS. (1) owned by Boston Atheneum, (2) published in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., Nov. 1863, and in part in "Hist, of Canton," Huntoon, p.
355. (3) published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1865. (4) by Har-
vard College Library, unpublished.
Price, Ezekiel, of Hadley, Mass., s. of Ezekiel and Ruth (Avery)
Price, b. May 21, 1766 in Boston ; d. about 1826.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1787 -Feb. 22, 1788. 72 quarto pages of slight
consequence.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, among F. L. Gay papers. Un-
published.
Price, James, of Boston, Mass., a descendant of Denis Price of
Wales who settled in New Jersey previous to 1732, b. in Montreal,
Sept. 20, 1766 ; m. July, 1786, Mary Hall of Boston ; d. about 1800.
Diary : July 1, 1791 - Aug. 25, 1792. Diary of a voyage and visit
to France and also an account book of the trip.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, given by Theodore A. Neal,
Esq. Unpublished.
Prime, Ebenezer, Rev., of Milford, Conn, and Long Island, s. of
James and Sarah Prime, b. July 21, 1700; m. (1) Oct. 2, 1723, Mar-
garet Sylvester, (2) Nov. 2, 1730, Experience Youngs, (3) Mar. 11,
1751/2, Hannah Carll; d. Sept. 25, 1779.
Diary : Aug. 22, 1719 - 1764. Personal and town affairs. Repeated
mention of the scenes attending the "Great Awakening."
MS. owned in 1888 by Dr. Edward D. G. Prime. Cited in "Notes
on the Prime Family," privately printed in 1888.
Prince, Hezekiah, of Kingston, Mass., s. of Kimball and Deborah
(Fuller) Prince, b. in Kingston, Feb. 7, 1771 ; m. Isabella Coombs of
Thomaston, Me., June, 1798 ; d. in Thomaston, Dec. 27, 1840.
Diary : (1) Nov. 3, 1793 - Jan. 25, 1794, (2) 1795 - 1796. A diary of
a twelve hundred mile ride from Kingston to Virginia. It tells of the
people he met, the taverns he stopped at, &c.
MSS. published in New England Magazine, Feb. 1894. (2) men-
tioned in "Hist, of Thomaston," Vol. I, pp. 228, 271.
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Prince, Jonathan, Dr., of Danvers, Mass., s. of James and Sarah
(Rea) Prince, bapt. July 20, 1707 ; m. (1) Abigail Rogers, (2) Mary
Porter ; d. May, 1753.
Diary : 1726 - 1730. Interleaved Ames' almanacs. Few entries ;
principally of the places where he kept school in private houses with
mention of some af his pupils. Partly written in Latin.
MS. owned by Mr. Samuel L. Munson, Albany, N. Y. Unpub-
lished.
Prince, Jonathan, Jr., Dr., of Danvers, Mass., s. of Dr. Jonathan
Prince, b. in Danvers, Jan. 21, 1734 ; m. June 6, 1754, Lydia Holton ;
d. in Salem, Dec. 11, 1759.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1753 - Dec. 6, 1753. An almanac. Short entries
largely of vital statistics and local news, many illnesses and deaths.
He was then a practicing physician, although a youth of nineteen.
MS. owned in 1901 by Mr. Edward Prince of Quincy, 111. Pub-
lished in Genealogical Quarterly, Apr. 1901, Vol. 2, p. 51.
Prince, Moses, of Sandwich, Mass., s. of Samuel and Mercy
(Hinckley) Prince, b. Feb. 22, 1696/7; m. Feb. 1, 1737/8, Jane
Bethuen ; d. at Antigua, July 6, 1745.
MS. cited in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Feb. 1845, p. 307. Owned at
that time by Dr. Chas. Lowell.
Prince, Paul, of North Yarmouth, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Abiel
(Nelson) Prince, b. at Duxbury, May 14, 1720 ; m. Sept. 8, 1743,
Hannah Cushing of Hingham ; d. Nov. 25, 1809.
Diary : 1751 and 1753. A few marginal notes in Ames' almanacs,
bound with others. Mostly his own family affairs.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Prince, Thomas, Rev., of Boston, s. of Samuel and Mercy (Hinck-
ley) Prince, b. in Sandwich, May 15, 1687; m. Oct. 13, 1719, Deborah
Denny; d. at Boston, Oct. 22, 1758.
Diary: (1) Mar. 29, 1709- Jan. 30, 1711. Of various trips taken
by him ; from New England to the Barbadoes and to London and to
the Madeiras. Items of public affairs, of his visit in London, his ill-
ness with small pox, &c.
Diary : (2) May 15 - July 21, 1717, (3) July 15, 1734 . (2) and
(3) are mentioned in "Life and Labors of Thomas Prince," No. Am.
Review, Oct. 1862, (3) being of an excursion which he took with Gov.
Belcher in the eastern part of Maine.
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241
Diary: (4) 1736-7. An interleaved almanac. Notes of his daily
doings, preachings, visits to friends, his farm in Leicester.
MSS. (1) owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc. (4) by the Am. Antiq.
Soc. Unpublished.
Proctor, Jonathan, Capt., of Danvers, Mass., s. of Jonathan and
( ) Proctor, b. 1739 ; m. Apr. 8, 1769, Judith Flint of Read-
ing ; d. Aug. 4, 1808.
Diary: May 9, 1759 - Nov. "30, 1760. His personal experiences in
the Louisburg expedition. Weather, arrival of vessels, siege opera-
tions, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. Thorndyke P. Earle, Peabody, Mass.
Putnam, Aaron, Rev., of Pomfret, Conn., s. of Rev. Daniel and
Rebecca (Putnam) Putnam, b. in Reading, Dec. 15, 1753 ; m. (1) Oct.
29 or 30, 1760, Rebecca Hall, (2) May, 1777, Elizabeth Avery ; d. in
Pomfret, Oct. 28, 1813.
Diary : June 10, 1754 - Nov. 9, 1757. Receives a call to Lexington
which he declines. Goes to Pomfret. His daily life as pastor and
preacher.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Putnam, Israel, Gen., of Brooklyn, Conn., s. of Joseph and Eliza-
beth (Hathorne) Putnam, b. in Danvers, Jan. 7, 1718 ; m. (1) July
19, 1739, Hannah Pope, (2) June 3, 1767, Mrs. Deborah (Lothrop)
Gardiner ; d. May 29, 1790.
Diary : Dec. 26, 1772 - Mar. 28, 1773, with some omissions. "Jour-
nal and voyage from New York to the Natchez. The journey was
made in the interest of the 'Military Adventurers' or Military Land
Co. composed of Soldiers of the Havannah Expedition of 1762 to lo-
cate lands for them on the river above New Orleans. The English
government finally refused to make the grants as they had been ex-
pected to do."
MS. owned by the Conn. Hist. Soc. and a copy by Peter Force, by
the Library of Congress. Unpublished except some extracts in "Life
of Putnam."
Putnam, Israel, of Marietta, Ohio, s. of Col. Israel and Sarah
(Waldo) Putnam, b. in Pomfret, Conn., Jan. 20, 1766; m. (1) Feb. 26,
1792, Clarissa Chandler of Pomfret, (2) Aug. 24, 1802, Elizabeth
Wiser of Marietta ; d. in Marietta, Mar. 9, 1824.
Diary : Mar. 31, 1794 - Jan. 7, 1795. "A record of his journey
from his home in Brooklyn, Conn, to Marietta and Belpre, Ohio, in
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which latter place his brother had settled in the Spring of 1794, his
life there during the Summer and his return the next Winter. It is
perhaps the completest account which we have of a journey from
New England to Ohio at that time and it is especially valuable for
its pictures of Gen. Rufus Putnam and the life at Marietta six years
after Marietta was founded."
MS. owned in 1895 by L. J. P. Putnam. Published in New Eng-
land Magazine, Jan. 1896.
Putnam, Rufus, of Brookfield, Mass., s. of Elisha and Susanna
(Fuller) Putnam, b. in Sutton, Apr. 9, 1738 ; m. (1) Apr. 6, 1761, Eliz-
abeth Ayres of Brookfleld, (2) Jan. 10, 1765, Persis Rice of West-
borough ; d. May 1, 1824.
Diary: (1) Mar. 15, 1757 -Feb. 15, 1758; Apr. 10 -Nov. 9, 1758;
Apr. 2 -Dec. 16, 1859; June 2 -Dec. 1,1760. All kept in Northern
New York during four campaigns of the French and Indian wars.
The story of these campaigns is given from day to day, good pictures
of the daily life on the march, many soldiers mentioned. He was in
Capt. Ebenezer Learned's Co.
Diary : (2) Dec. 10, 1772 - Aug. 13, 1773. Kept on a voyage to
reconnoitre a certain tract of land on the Mississippi granted by His
Majesty to be patented by the governors of West Florida to the Mil-
itary Adventurers.
MSS. (Downed by the Library of Marietta College, Ohio. Published
by Munsell & Sons, Albany, 1886. (2) owned by Mr. Chas. G. Dawes,
Chicago, 111.
Pynchon, John, of Springfield, Mass., s. of William and Anna
(Andrews) Pynchon, b. in England ; m. Oct. 30, 1645, Amy Wyilys
of Hartford; d. Jan. 17, 1703, aged 82.
Diary : 1651 - 1690, the entries are not always chronically arranged.
Four bound volumes including the account books of his store. Con-
taining, however, entries of many transactions, packing, beaver selling,
land, &c. Also items about soldiers sent out in the Indian wars.
Tells what he orders done, fortifications made, where he went, serv-
ants engaged, &c. Also, written in shorthand, the leading points in
the sermons. Also his records as Justice of Peace.
MS. owned by Springfield Public Library.
Pynchon, William, of Salem, Mass., s. of William and Catharine
(Brewer) Pynchon, b. in Springfield, Dec. 12, 1723 ; m. Catherine
Sewall, June 30, 1751 ; d. Mar. 14, 1789, twelve days after the last
entry.
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243
Diary: Jan. 1, 1776 -Mar 2, 1789. The year of 1779 and four
months of 1780 are missing. "A picture of Salem life, social and
political, a century ago. . . . Although not perhaps of great histor-
ical value it contains many items of local and general interest not to
be found elsewhere."
MS. published in Boston, in 1890, well indexed, edited by Fitch
Edward Oliver.
Quincy, Edmund, Judge, of Braintree, Mass., s. of Judge Edmund
and Dorothy (Flint) Quincy, b. June 13, 1703 ; m. Apr. 15, 1725, Eliz-
abeth Wendell ; d. July, 1788.
Diary: (1) 1751, 1754, 1757. Farm book. "Mends, of Sundries
relating to Husbandry." Rather full garden notes.
Diary : (2) 1775. On the blank leaves of the American Register.
Items relating to his leaving Boston and going to Lancaster.
MSS. extracts in "The Story of an Old House" by Sarah H. Swan,
New Eng. Mag., Oct. 1897, p. 178.
Quincy, John, Col., of Braintree, Mass., s. of Daniel and Anna
(Shepherd) Quincy, b. July 21, 1689; m. Oct. 6, 1715, Elizabeth Nor-
ton of Hingham ; d. July 13, 1767.
Diary: Sept. 6, 1716 -Mar. 13, 1758. Record book of cases, civil
and criminal which came before him, with a list of marriages from
Mar. 14, 1718- Jan. 8, 1755, also a list of oaths administered to 1761.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by William Brigham, Bos-
ton. Mentioned in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., June, 1891, p. 497.
Quincy, Josiah, Jr., of Braintree, Mass., s. of Col. Josiah and
Hannah (Sturgis) Quincy, b. Feb. 23, 1744 ; m. Abigail Phillips, Oct.
26, 1769 ; d. on shipboard off Gloucester, Apr. 26, 1775.
Diary: (1) Feb. 8 -May 17, 1773. A journal kept on a trip to So.
Carolina. Many good descriptions.
Diary : (2) Sept. 28, 1774 -Mar. 3, 1775. "The journal and letters
of Mr. Quincy during his voyage and short residence in England will
present all that is known of this last period of his life. Much of the
information they contain respecting the man and transactions of that
time are to be derived from no other source."
MSS. (1) owned by the Quincy family, deposited with Mass. Hist.
Soc, (2) by Mass. Hist. Soc, among Quincy MSS. Published in
"Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy, Jr.," Boston, 1825, edited by
John Quincy, 3d. Also in Mass. Hist. Soc Pro., Vol. 49, pp. 427-481.
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Quincy, Samuel, Soliciter General of the Province of Massachu-
setts, of Boston, Mass., s. of Col. Josiah and Hannah (Sturgis) Quincy,
b. Apr. 13, 1735 ; m. (1) Hannah Hill, June 16, 1761, (2) Mrs. M. A.
Chadwick in Antigua in 1787.
Diary: Oct. 1776 -Mar. 30, 1777. This diary was kept in London
where he had gone to try to obtain concessions which might put an
end to the disturbances in America. There he met many American
loyalists.
MS. published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Jan. 1882, p. 211, edited
by Mr. Josiah P. Quincy.
Randall, Ziba, of Easton, Mass., s. of Ephraim and Mary (Blake)
Randall, b. July 1, 1760; m. (1) Sept. 16, 1784, Mary Gay, (2) May
29, 1792, Mrs. Amy (French) Pratt ; d. Mar. 23, 1835.
Diary : 1792 - 1835. "A record of all the deaths that came under
his notice, mainly those of Easton, Stoughton and Sharon." Over
850 names in the list.
MS. copy owned by Rev. Wm. L. Chaffin. Cited in "Hist, of
Robert Randall," Chaffin, p. 62.
Randolph, Edward, of Canterbury, England, s. of Edmund and
Deborah (Master) Randolph, bapt. July 9, 1632 ; m. (1) Jane Gibson
of West Cliff, Kent, (2) 1681, Grace Greenville of London, (3) Mrs.
Sarah ( ) Piatt of London ; d. in Virginia before Dec. 7, 1703.
Diary: (1) Mar. 20, 1675 -Oct. 25,1687; Aug. 19, 1683 -Jan. 29,
1684/5 ; Feb. 16, 1684/5 - July 10, 1686. Diary letters written to Sir.
Robert Southwell, containing an account of his proceedings and of
his voyages to and from New England.
Diary : (2) Nov. 8, 1695 - Nov. 5, 1700. A survey in the Plantations
in America. Five pages of foolscap. Many names mentioned. An
account of his travels in Virginia, Maryland, Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire.
MSS. (1) in Mass. Archives, Usurpation, Vol. 127, p. 218-220.
(2) and (3) in the Phillipps Papers, Cheltenham, England. Extracts
published in "Andros Tracts," Vol. Ill, and in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro.,
Nov. 1880. (2) Original MS. in Public Records Office, England.
Copy in Penn. Hist. Soc. Published in Board of Trade Papers, Vol. 5.
Re A, Caleb, Dr., of Danvers, Mass., s. of Zorobabel and Margaret
(Rogers) Rea, b. in Danvers, July 17, 1727; m. (1) Mrs. Abigail
(Parsons) Sargent, Nov. 14, 1748, (2) Ruth Porter of Wenham, June
5, 1751 ; d. Jan. 10, 1760.
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245
Diary : May 29 - Nov. 1, 1758. Journal of the expedition against
Ticonderoga. Rather long entries of the life and events of the
march. Personal matters and those of many of the men in the army.
His opinions of the Indians.
MS. published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. 4, p. 81, and Vol. 7, p.
177, also in pamphlet form, Salem, 1881.
Read, Daniel, of New Haven, Conn., s. of Daniel and Read,
b. Nov. 2 or 16, 1757 ; m. Jerusha Sherman of Stratford, Conn., 1785 ;
d. in New Haven, Dec. 4, 1836.
Diary: Mar. 12, 1796 -Aug. 20, 1799. Merely of slight local
interest giving details of the author's business, finances, household
relations, etc.
MS. owned by New Haven Colony Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Reed, Abner, of So. Windsor, Conn., s. of Ebenezer and Mary
(Fitch) Reed, b. Nov. 11, 1771 ; m. Apr. 9, 1794, Elizabeth Loring of
Lansingburgh, N. Y. ; d. at Toledo, O., Feb. 25, 1866.
Dairy : "A glance through his carefully kept diaries . . . affords
an amusing view of the diverse character of his daily occupations."
He was an engraver.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Windsor," Stiles, Vol. II, p. 635.
Reed, Solomon, Rev., of Titicut, Mass., s. of William and Alice
(Nash) Reed, b. Oct. 22, 1719; m. (1) 1748, Abigail Stoughton of
Conn., (2) Sarah Reed ; d. May 7, 1785.
Diary: Oct. 3, 1743 -Jan. 9, 1745. Religious. Accounts of the
preaching of Whitefield.
MS. owned by Pilgrim Society, Plymouth, Mass. Extracts pub-
lished in "Hist, of Church of North Middleborough," Emery, 1876.
Reidhead, William, of Scotland ; m. Olive Banks, 1784 ; d. Dec.
11, 1811 in Penobscot, Me., aged 54.
Diary : July 24 - Aug. 14, 1779. Kept every day. "Remarks at
Majabiguaduce."
MS. owned by Maine Hist. Soc. Published in Bangor Hist. Mag.,
Vol. 5, p. 226.
Remilly, Matthias, Capt., of Waldoborough, Me., probably of
German descent.
Diary : May 31 - June 9, 1757. Capt. Matthias Remilly was in
command of a company of rangers at Broad Bay. "An account of
service performed for the space of one week. Somewhat lengthy
and not particularly interesting."— Hist, of Waldoborough.
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MS. in Mass. State Archives, Boston. Published in "Annals of
Warren, Me.," by Eaton, p. 111.
Rhodes, John, of Newport, R. L, s. of Zachariah and Joanna
(Arnold) Rhodes, b. 1658 ; m. Waite Waterman.
Diary : Oct. 30, 1720 - July 19, 1731 (dates of extracts). A book
of medical recipes and miscellaneous matter with diary entries of
personal and public affairs.
MS. extracts published in Newport Hist. Mag., Vol. I, p. 234.
Rhodes, Nehemiah, of Pawtuxet, R. I., s. of William and Mary
(Sheldon) Rhodes, b. Aug. 9, 1731.
Diary : 1773, 4, and 5. Interleaved almanac with record of haying,
harvesting, sale of crops and family happenings.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Rice, William, Capt., of Warwick, R. I., s. of John and Elnathan
(Whipple) Rice, b. in Warwick, Mar. 25, 1708 ; m. Dec. 10, 1730,
Phebe Tripp of So. Kingston; d. Jan. 22, 1746/7.
Diary : May 28 - Dec. 25, 1746. "Apart from its interest as a daily
record of colonial soldiering it sheds some light on an almost un-
known episode, the unfinished expedition as it might be called against
Canada in 1746." Mentions many deaths.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Published in "Nine Rhode
Island Muster Rolls," by the Society of Colonial Wars, Prov. 1915.
Richards, Samuel, of Dedham, Mass., s. of John and Judith (Fair-
banks) Richards, b. June 2, 1711; m. June 20, 1734, Rebecca Fisher;
d. Oct. 20, 1764.
Diary : 1755 - 1760. Interleaved almanacs.
MS. owned by Dedham Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Richards, Samuel, Capt., of Farmington, Conn., Capt. of Conn.
Line, s. of Dr. Samuel and Lydia (Buck) Richards, b. Sept. 17, 1753,
at Canaan, Conn. ; m. Sarah Wells of Glastonbury, Conn. ; d. in
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 31, 1841.
Diary : Apr. 19, 1775 - Sept. 8, 1781. A narrative of Revolutionary
incidents written for his son in the form of a diary, recording scenes
of which he was an eye witness. He served throughout the war.
With some letters of Burgoyne.
MS. owned by Dr. George Woodward of Philadelphia, Pa. Pub-
lished in Phila. 1909.
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247
Richardson, Daniel, Dr., of Boston, s. of Capt. William and Eliz-
abeth (Colburn) Richardson of Pelham, b. Mar. 11, 1749; m. Jan. 26,
1773, Sarah Marchant of Boston ; d. May 23, 1833.
Diary: 1777 (date of extract). Kept partly in Boston, when he
describes the re-burial of the body of Dr. Warren.
MS. owned in 1895 by Mrs. S. C. Coburn of Boston. Cited in
"Spirit of '76," Oct. 1895.
Riedesel, Frederika von Massow, Baroness, of Hesse, dau. of
Lord von Massow, b. 1746; m. Dec. 21, 1762, Frederick Adolphus
Riedesel ; d. at Berlin, Mar. 29, 1808.
Diary: Apr. 16, 1777-1783. The journal begins when she sails
from England for Quebec and is continued in Canada, Saratoga, Cam-
bridge, Mass., Connecticut and other places. She is with her hus-
band, who was in Gen. Burgoyne's army, and she gives many vivid
pictures of the war.
MS. published in N. Y., 1827, Carvill, "Letters and Journal," Al-
bany, Munsell, 1867.
Riedesel, Frederick Adolphus, Gen., of Hesse, s. of John Wil-
liam and Sophie Hedwig (Van Borke) Riedesel, b. June 3, 1738 in
Lauterbach in Rhinehesse ; m. Dec. 21, 1762 Frederika von Massow ;
d. in New York, Jan. 7, 1800.
Diary: 1776. He was with Burgoyne's army and was quartered in
the winter of 1777/8 in Cambridge.
MS. referred to many times and extracts given in "Mem. Letters
and Journal of Riedesel," by Wm. L. Stone, Albany, 1868. Trans-
lated from German of Max von Ereching.
Ripley, Sally, of Greenfield, Mass., dau. of Jerom and Sarah
(Franklin) Ripley, b. Nov. 26, 1785 in Boston ; m. Charles Stearns of
Springfield, Nov. 10, 1812.
Diary: July 15, 1799 - Sept. 15, 1808 with a gap from June 13,
1801 - Oct. 4, 1805. Begins with her school life, gives extracts of
what she learns, daily events, teas, visits, family and personal
matters.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, given by Mr. Albert C. Bates, 1912.
Unpublished.
Robbins, Ammi Ruhamah, Rev., of Norfolk, Conn., s. of Philemon
and Hannah (Foote) Robbins, b. at Branford, Sept. 3, 1740 ; m. May
16, 1762, Elizabeth LeBaron of Plymouth; d. Oct. 31, 1813.
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Diary: (1) May 1 - June 5, 1762. Careful records of his work.
Diary: (2) Mar. 18 -Oct. 31, 1776. Kept when he was chaplain
of Col. Chas. Burrall's regiment in the northern campaign. Covers
a part of the retreat from Canada.
MSS. (1) owned by Conn. Hist. Soc, (2) the family think the MS.
was not returned by the printer. (2) Published in "Hist, of Norfolk,
Conn.," by T. W. Crissey, New Haven, 1850.
Robbins, Philemon, Rev., of Branford, Conn., s. of Nathaniel and
Hannah (Chandler) Robbins, b. in Cambridge, Sept. 19, 1709 ; m. (1)
Dec. 24, 1735, Hannah Foote of Branford, (2) Jane Mills of Kent,
Conn., Oct. 21, 1778; d. Aug. 13, 1781.
Diary : Sept. 19, 1737 - Aug. 19, 1745. Religious experiences and
parochial duties. Family matters, funerals, &c.
MS. owned by Harvard University Library. Extracts published
in "Dickerman Gen.," p. 510, the earliest being in 1730.
Robbins, Thomas, Rev., of Sheffield, Stockbridge, and Mattapoi-
sett, Mass., s. of Rev. Ammi Ruhamah and Elizabeth (LeBaron)
Robbins, b. in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 11, 1777; was never married;
d. Sept. 13, 1856.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1796-1854. The diary commences in Williams
College. It is kept in interleaved almanacs and is now bound in
twelve volumes each covering five years except the last. After
graduation he taught at Sheffield, then studied in Stockbridge, taught
from 1797. - 1798 in Torringford, Conn. Preached at Marlborough,
Conn. ; called to Danbury, Conn., to teach ; supplied pulpits in various
places. Preached at East Windsor, Conn., for nineteen years from
1808 to 1827. Settled in Stratford, Conn. In two years went to
Mattapoisett where he preached thirteen years.
MSS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Published in two vols., Beacon
Press, Boston, 1886, edited by Increase N. Tarbox.
Robie, Thomas, Dr., Librarian of Harvard College, Cambridge,
Mass., s. of William and Elizabeth (Greenough) Robie, b. Mar. 20,
1689; m. Mehitable Sewell; d. Aug. 28, 1729.
Diary : Nov. 30, 1721 - Oct. 25, 1722. Kept in a commonplace book
of Recompense Wadsworth. A doctor's record of inoculations, visits,
symptoms, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist Soc, presented by John Tilestone, 1795..
Unpublished.
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Robin, Claude C, Abbe, of France.
Diary : June 24- Nov. 15, 1781. He was a chaplain in the French
army. He travelled through North America being part of the time
with the army of Providence and in camp at Phillipsburg. He goes
to Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, &c. The journal is in the form
of thirteen letters ; he describes domestic life in Connecticut, the
dress and appearance of the American troops and other matters of
considerable interest.
MS. printed by C. Bell, Phila. 1783. Published in Boston, 1784.
Extracts in Historical Magazine, Aug. 1862. Also in Granite Monthly,
Vol. 4, p. 424.
Roby, Ebenezer, Dr., of Wayland, Mass., s. of William and Eliz-
abeth ( ) Roby, b. in Boston, Sept. 29, 1701 ; m. Sarah Swift
of Framingham, June 6, 1729 ; d. Sept. 4, 1772.
Diary: (1) 1722-1723. "A journal of ye most remarkable cases
which occurred while living with ye most ingenious and learned Dr.
Berry at Ipswich, Anno, 1722/23."
Diary : (2) July 28, 1726 - Feb. 17, 1727. Kept during a visit to
his relatives in England ; also of a trip to Holland. Contains a gen-
ealogy of the Roby family copied by him from a family Bible at
Castle Donnington, Leicestershire. Begins with his arrival at Ams-
terdam.
MSS. owned by Mrs. Charles A. Cutting, Wayland. Unpublished.
Roby, Ebenezer, Jr., Dr., of Sudbury, Mass., s. of Rev. Ebenezer
and Sarah (Swift) Roby, b. June 15, 1732 ; m. Abigail Moffat, Sept.
15, 1763; d. July 16, 1786.
Diary: June 9- Nov. 8, 1758. Kept while serving as surgeon in
the French and Indian war. A fragment of 22 pages very closely
written.
MS. owned by Mrs. Charles A. Cutting, Wayland. Unpublished.
Rogers, Daniel, Rev., of Exeter, N. H., s. of Rev. John and
Martha (Whittingham) Rogers of Ipswich, Mass., b. Aug. 8, 1707 ; m.
Nov. 3, 1748, Anna Foxcroft of Boston ; d. Dec. 9, 1785.
Diary : (1) 1730 - 1785 with many omissions. Interleaved almanacs.
Usually a line for each day, mostly of a minister's work, visits to the
sick, funerals, dinners, marriages. Some items of war news, local
affairs, a valuable record.
Diary : (2) 1731, (3) 1735. Similar in character.
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MSS. (1) owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. A copy from 1753 to
1777 by Maine Hist. Soc. Unpublished except the year of 1747
which is printed in the "Hammatt Papers," p. 304. (2) owned by Mr.
S. L. Munson of Albany. (3) owned by Library of Congress.
Rogers, Daniel, of Harvard College, Gunthwaite, N. H., Littleton,
Mass., Boston, Halifax, N. S. and Margate, s. of Rev. Daniel and
Elizabeth (Ruggles) (Dummer) Rogers, b. in Littleton, Nov. 30, 1749 ;
m. (1) Mary Newman, Jan. 20, 1780, (2) Hannah Whitcomb of Little-
ton, Mar. 26, 1786 ; d. Mar. 1803.
Diary : 1761 - 1786. "The diary is full of details of the various
business enterprises in which Rogers was engaged. A very interest-
ing material for a biography of a typical 18th century American." —
Rosenthal Catalogue.
MS. owned by Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich, Bavaria, a book dealer.
Unpublished.
Rogers, John, Rev., of Eliot, Me., s. of Rev. John and Martha
(Whittingham) Rogers, b. Jan. 27, 1692 ; m. Susannah Whipple of
Ipswich, Oct. 16, 1718 ; d. Oct. 16, 1773.
Diary: Feb. 2 -June 14, 1748. They "give very few items of
historic value ; they reveal chiefly the interior life of the man and the
type of the religious thought and understanding of Puritan days.
The references to Parish residents and passing events of a century
and a half ago will interest and may give genealogic and historic
hints."
MS. copy owned by Dr. J. L. M. Willis, Eliot, Me. Published in
"Old Eliot," Vol. 7, p. 15.
Rogers, John, Rev., of New London, Conn., s. of John and Eliza-
beth (Dodge) Rogers, b. Apr. 14, 1724 ; m. Delight Greene, Jan. 2,
1755 ; d. Feb. 11, 1779.
Diary : June 10, 1764 - Dec. 13, 1766. "From no other source can
we obtain a statement so full and apparently so accurate of this
remarkable outbreak of enthusiasm and the resistance it encount-
ered."— New London History of the Quaker Movement.
MS. published in "A Looking Glass for the Presbyterians of New
London; to see their worship and worshippers weighed in the
balance and found wanting." Providence, 1767.
Rogers, Robert, Major, of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of James Rogers
of Dunbarton, N. H., m. Elizabeth Brown of Portsmouth ; d. in Eng- *
land about 1800.
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251
Diary: (1) Sept. 14 -Sept. 23, 1755; Sept. 27- Sept. 29, 1755; Oct.
14-21, 1755; June 20 -July 14, 1756. Four short journals of scout-
ing expeditions in the vicinity of Crown Point and Fort William
Henry.
Diary: (2) Sept. 24, 1755 -Feb. 14, 1761. "An account of the
several excursions he made under the generals who commanded
upon the continent of North America during the late war."
Diary : (3) May 6 - July 4, 1763. Fragment of a journal of the
siege of Detroit.
Diary : (4) Sept. 21, 1766 - Feb. 1, 1767. Journal of the proceedings
with the Indians in the district of Michillimackinac during the period
immediately following the French and Indian War.
MSS. (1) in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 176 and 183. (2) pub-
lished by Munsell, Albany, 1883. Also in London in 1765. (3) pub-
lished in Munsell's Hist. Series, No. 4. (4) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
Unpublished.
Rogers, William, Rev., D. D., of Newport and Philadelphia, s.
of William and Sarah Rogers, b. July 22, 1751 in Newport ; m. (1)
Hannah Gardner of Philadelphia, (2) Susannah Marsh of Philadelphia ;
d. Apr. 7, 1824.
Diary : July 15 - Sept. 6, 1779. "The Journal of a Brigade Chap-
lain in the Campaign of 1779 against the Six Nations under the
command of Major Gen. John Sullivan." He covered 141 miles.
Very good descriptions of the country, animals, flowers, &c, as well
as of Indian alarms and encounters.
MS. The journals previous to these were burned. Published in
Rhode Island Hist. Tracts, No. 7., Prov., 1879. Reprinted from the
"Manufacturer's and Farmer's Journal," 1823. Also Penn. Archives,
Ser. II, Vol. XV.
Rogerson, Robert, Rev., of Rehoboth, Mass., s. of Robert Roger-
son, b. in Plymouth, England ; m. (1) Bowen of Seekonk, (2)
Mrs. Betsey Sweet ; d. Mar. 20, 1799, aged 78.
Diary: about 1765-67. Relates to parish matters and household
and farm supplies.
MS. owned by Mr. Thos. W. Bicknell, Providence. Unpublished.
Rolfe, Samuel, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Samuel and Judith
(Toppan) Rolfe, bp. May 12, 1728.
Diary : 1758. Of the campaign to Louisburg. 26 pages giving
the names of those in his company, &c.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MS. owned in 1845 by Mr. Jonathan Kettell. Cited in "Hist, of
Newbury," Coffin, p. 409.
Routh, Martha, of Manchester, England, dau. of Henry and Jane
Winter, b. at Stourbridge, Aug. 25, 1743 ; m. Aug. 7, 1776, Richard
Routh of Manchester ; d. July 18, 1817 in London.
Diary: July 21, 1794 -May 29, 1805 (dates of extracts). Begins
with an early autobiography, embarks for Boston where the regular
diary commences. Travels in Mass., Maine, Conn., and Rhode Island,
mentions many people. She leaves New England in 1795 but in 1804
makes another visit there.
MS. published in Friend's Library, Vol. 12, p. 424.
Rowe, John, of Boston, s. of Joseph and Mary (Hawker) Rowe,
b. at Exeter, England, Nov. 16, 1715 ; m. 1743, Hannah Speakman ;
d. at Boston, Feb. 17, 1787.
Diary: Sept. 8, 1764- July 15, 1779 with breaks from Aug. 17,
1765 -Apr. 10, 1766; June 1- Dec. 24, 1775, and from Nov. 19, 1776-
Aug. 12, 1778. "Rowe himself without being an acute observer of
men and events was an intelligent merchant and v/hile we could wish
he had reserved a part of the space which he gave to the ever recur-
ring names of persons whom he met at dinner and clubs for a record
of the opinions they expressed, still there remains much which illus-
trates the public and social life in Boston at this eventful period."
MS. owned by Mrs. Anna Rowe Payson of Milton, Mass. Pub-
lished in Boston, 1903. Also extracts in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Mar.
1895.
Russell, Barnabas, of New Bedford, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Judith (Howland) Russell, b. in Dartmouth, Mar. 26, 1745 ; d. in
Easton, N. Y., May 14, 1812.
Diary: Aug. 26, 1770 -Sept. 4 (dates of extracts.) Kept while he
was in London.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of New Bedford," Ricketson.
Russell, Ezekiel, of Boston and Salem, b. in Boston ; m. Sarah
Hood of Salem ; d. Sept. 1796, aged 52.
Diary : 1761 and 1762. Interleaved almanacs. Weather, sailing
of boats and a few other notes, some deaths. Most of the men men-
tioned are of Salem.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
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253
Russell, Gilbert, of New Bedford, Mass., s. of Joseph and Judith
(Howland) Russell, b. Aug. 12, 1760 ; m. Lydia Tallman, Nov. 13,
1783 ; d. Aug. 22, 1829.
Diary : Oct. 22 -Dec. 1, 1786. Of a journey through Connecticut,
to Nine Partners where he stays ten days among the Quakers. Then
on to Albany and Saratoga and home through Northampton. "A
good specimen of the habits and mode of travelling at that period."
MS. extracts published in "History of New Bedford," by Daniel
Ricketson, 1858.
Russell, Noahdiah, of Harvard College and Middletown, Conn.,
s. of William and Sarah (Davis) Russell, b. July 22, 1659 ; m. Feb. 20,
1690, Mary Hamlin; d. Dec. 3, 1713.
Diary : (1) Mar. 23, 1682 - Mar. 21, 1684. Full of events happening
at the college and elsewhere and unusual phenomena.
Diary : (2) Mar. 1, 1687 - Feb. 29, 1688. A very brief record of
events written in an interleaved almanac, a line for each day in an
exceedingly small hand.
MSS. (1) owned in 1853 by S. V. Talcott of Albany. Published in
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 1853. (2) owned by Talcott H. Russell, Esq.
of New Haven. Unpublished.
Russell, William, Major, of Boston, s. of Samuel and Elizabeth
Russell, b. May 23, 1748 ; rn. Jan. 16, 1772, Mary Richardson ; d.
Mar. 7, 1784.
Diary: Dec. 19, 1779 -June 24, 1782, with a few later entries.
Journal kept in Old Mill Prison at Plymouth, England, "by far the
most complete and entertaining account of the experience of the Rev-
olutionary privateersmen and naval seamen who suffered capture
that has been preserved."
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Published in "Ships and
Sailors of Old Salem," Paine.
St. Pry, Bennette Claude Merlino de, b. in Lyons, France;
m. in Boston, Feb. 22, 1778, Elizabeth Gyles of Salisbury ; d. about
1785 in France.
Diary : St. Pry lived in Boston for some years. In 1777 he was
living in Newburyport.
MS. cited in "Gen. of the Treat Family," Treat, p. 280. Owned in
1893 by John Harvey Treat.
Sanderson, Reuben, Lieut., of East Haddam, Conn, and Sand-
wich, N. H., d. Dec. 31, 1822, aged 67.
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Diary : July 18 - Dec. 1, 1781. A journal of the Yorktown cam-
paign, the daily march and the events in camp. He was lieutenant
in Capt. Brigham's Co., 5th Conn. Continental Line.
Sands, David, a Quaker preacher of Cornwall, N. Y., s. of Nath-
aniel and Mercy Sands of Cowneck, L. L, b. Nov. 4, 1745 ; m. Dec.
1771, Clementine Hallock of Nine Partners; d. June 4, 1818.
Diary : 1775 - 1808. He visited New England in 1775, 1777, 1785,
1794, 1795 and 1808. Speaks of many Quakers in Nantucket, Salem
and also goes to Maine.
MS. part published in London, Chas. Gillin ; and part by Collins
& Bro., N. Y., 1848.
Sanford, William, of Portsmouth, R. I., s. of Samuel and Sarah
(Waddell) Sanford, b. at Portsmouth, May 21,1676; m. Jan. 26,
1699/1700, Hope Sisson; will probated Nov. 4, 1760.
Diary : 1729. Titan's New Almanac. Kept while he was town
clerk of Portsmouth. Short entries, almost entirely of vital statistics.
MS. owned by the late Henry H. Edes of Cambridge. Published in
"Pub. of Colonial Society of Mass.," Vol. 8, p. 198.
Sanger, Abner, of Keene and Dublin, N. H., s. of Eleazar and
Mary Sanger, b. at Keene, June 11, 1739; m. Apr. 1, 1784, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth (Johnson) Mead ; d. Sept. 30, 1822.
Dairy: (1) 1774, 1782. "The journal treats chiefly upon Sanger's
early experiences on a farm near Keene and giving a faithful picture
of N. H. farm life at that period refers to happenings in Keene and
vicinity arid the feelings towards the Revolution of the agricultural
community."
Diary : (2) 1792, 1794. Of affairs in Dublin, comments on Revo-
lutionary battles, weather records, &c.
MSS. owned by C. F. Libbie & Co., in 1914. Unpublished.
Sargent, Winthrop, of Gloucester, Mass., s. of Winthrop and
Judith (Saunders) Sargent, b. May 1, 1753 ; m. Oct. 24, 1798, Mary
Macintosh ; d. in New Orleans, June 3, 1820.
Diary: (1) June 18 -Dec. 21, 1786. Descriptive of his trip from
Boston to the Ohio, with long descriptions of the places he passed
through, Indian villages, the geography of the country, &c.
Diary : (2) Sept. 1, 1789- May 13, 1790. Describes the growth of
his garden, the fruits, vegetables and grain which he raised, inter-
spersed with many items of news, trips on the Mississippi with long
descriptions of islands and forts.
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255
Diary : (3) July 17 - Aug. 11, 1798. Of a trip on the Mississippi.
Diary: (4) Nov. 15, 1798 -Dec. 31, 1799. Called agricultural
memoranda of planting his garden, &c.
Diary: (5) Jan. 1, 1810 -May 31, 1820. Weather record, trips
taken, with a few items of personal doings.
Diary: (6) Oct. 7 -Dec. 8, 1791. Relates to St. Clair's expedition
when Sargent was adjutant-general of the U. S. army.
MSS. (1) the original manuscript and a type-written copy owned
by Mass. Hist. Soc. (2) MS. and copy owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
(3) (4) and (5) owned by Mass. Hist. Society and all uprinted. (6)
printed, Wormsloe, 1851. Only 46 copies printed, of which the Mass.
Hist. Soc. owns two.
Sayward, Jonathan, Judge, of York, Me., s. of Joseph and Mary
(Webber) Say wood, b. Nov. 9, 1713 ; m. (1) Sarah Mitchel, pub. Nov.
13, 1736, (2) Elizabeth Plummer; d. May 8, 1797.
Diary : 1760 - 1797. Business and social. Interleaved almanacs.
Family and local affairs with some accounts.
MS. owned by Dr. Leonard Wheeler, Worcester, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Sayward, Joseph, of York, Maine, s. of Jonathan and Mary (Aus-
tin) Sayward, b. Dec. 1684 ; m. Mary Webber, 1709; d. Dec. 25, 1741.
Diary : Nov. 22 - Dec. 2, 1723. A scouting expedition to Salmon
Falls River, Me.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 46. Published in "The Say-
ward Family," p. 49.
Scattergood, Thomas, of Philadelphia, Pa., s. of Joseph and Re-
becca ( ) Scattergood, b. in Burlington, N. J., Jan. 13, 1748; m.
Oct. 1772, Elizabeth Bacon ; d. Apr. 24, 1814.
Diary : Dec. 18, 1779 , 1811. He goes to New England in 1780
and again in 1811. A diary of his travels and religious work.
MS. extracts published in "Friend's Library," Vol. 8, p. 4.
Schlatter, Michael, Rev., of St. Gall, Switzerland, s. of Paulus
and Magdalena (Zollikofer) Schlatter of St. Gall, b. July 14, 1716; m.
Oct. 11, 1747 Maria Henrica Schleidorn of New York ; d. Nov. 23,
1790.
Diary : June 1, 1746 and for several years following. "His travels
and labors among the Germans in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary-
land and Virginia ; including his services as Chaplain in the French
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and Indian war and in the war of the Revolution. He sails from Am-
sterdam for Boston, visits Newport. Later after being in New York,
&c, he goes to Providence on two occasions. A record largely of
his work.
MS. published in Philadelphia, 1857, edited by Rev. H. Harbaugh.
Scott, Job, a Quaker, of Providence, R. L, s. of John and Lydia
Scott, b. in Providence, Oct. 18, 1751 ; m. June 1, 1780, Eunice An-
thony of Providence ; d. Nov. 22, 1793 at Ballitore, Ireland.
Diary : begins with his early life to Nov. 15, 1793. An account of
travels among the Quaker settlements in N. Y., N. J., Penn. and the
Southern states as well as in Europe and New England.
MS. over eighty pages, owned by Moses Brown School, Providence.
Published by James Phillips & Son, 1797.
Scott, Jonathan, Rev., of Poland, Me. and Yarmouth, N. S,, s.
of John and Lydia (Thwing) Scott of Lunenburg, Mass., b. Oct. 12,
1744; m. (1) Mar. 14, 1768, Lucy Ring of Kingston, (2) Dec. 8, 1783,
Elizabeth Bass ; d. Oct. 15, 1819.
Diary: June 15, 1772 - Apr. 29,1819. "A careful record of the
marriages he solemnized." 170 in Nova Scotia, and 113 in Maine,
with a few other records of church matters.
MS. owned by a great-grand daughter. Pub. in Mayflower De-
scendant, Vols. IX, X, and XL
Scott, Moses, Capt., of Deerfield, Mass., s. of Josiah and Sarah
(Barrett) Scott of Hatfield, b. Feb. 3, 1713 ; m. (1) Aug. 24, 1742,
Miriam Nash of Hadley, (2) perhaps Henry; d. July 23, 1799.
Diary : July 1, 1757 - Mar. 23, 1759. A journal of a man who
called out more or less men and investigated reports of the enemy in
the vicinity, also of his personal doings.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Scottow, Joshua, Capt., of Boston, s. of Thomazine Scottow, b.
in England; d. in Boston, Jan. 20, 1697/8.
Diary : (1) Oct. 25 - Dec. 5, 1675. Journal of a voyage to Pema-
quid.
Diary : (2) June 6 - July 28, 1677. "Of the diverse marches and
improvement of Boston souldiers sent to Black Point," Maine.
Record of damage done at Saco, Scarborough and Casco.
MSS. (1) published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 43, p. 68. (2)
copy owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in U. S. Catholic
Hist. Soc. Colls., Jan. 19, 1888.
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257
• Seabury, Samuel, Bishop, of New London, Conn., Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Conn., s. of Rev. Samuel and Abi-
gail (Mumford) Seabury, b. at Groton, Conn., Nov. 30, 1729; m. Oct.
12, 1756, Mary Hicks of New York ; d. in New London, Feb. 25, 1796.
Diary : May 29, 1791 - Nov. 4, 1795. It has much of value of the
history of the church of his day. Called by the Bishop, — Journal B.
MS. owned by Rev. Dr. Wm. J. Seabury, Chelsea Square, N. Y.
Copy by Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn. Unpublished.
Seamans, Job, Rev., of No. Attleborough, Mass., and New Lon-
don, N. H., s. of Charles and Hannah (Bowen) Seamans, b. at Swan-
sea, May 13, 1748 ; m. (1) Aug. 10, 1769, Sarah Easterbrooks of
Johnstown, R. I., (2) Nov. 30, 1819, Mrs. Mary (Messenger) Everett;
d. Oct. 4, 1830.
Diary: (1) Mar. 20, 1774- Aug. 13, 1820. Largely religious, giv-
ing outlines of sermons preached ; occasionally personal. Some vital
statistics. It also gives some history of the New London Baptist
church.
Diary: (2) Mar. 27, 1774 -Nov. 2, 1824. A list of baptisms and
marriages in the church at Attleborough until Mar. 1788, afterwards
at New London. He baptized 329 persons and married 208 couples.
MSS. (1) owned by the Public Library, New London. (2) Pub-
lished in Pilgrim Notes and Queries, Vol. I, pp. 4-7.
Seccom, Thomas, of Medford, Mass., s. of Peter and Hannah (Wil-
lis) Seccomb, b. at Medford, Aug. 16, 1711; m. Rebecca Seccomb; d.
Apr. 15, 1773.
Diary: July 18, 1736 -Oct. 13, 1743. Short entries of local news,
mostly of sermons and ministers.
MS. extracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1858.
Seccombe, Joseph, Rev., of Medford, Mass., and Kingston, N. H.,
s. of Peter and Hannah (Willis) Seccomb, b. Dec. 7, 1732 ; m. Nov.
20, 1760, Mrs. Ruth Brooks.
Diary: Jan. 8, 1756 - Feb. 2, 1777. Called a "text book" but has
many items besides recording texts; births, deaths, baptisms, storms,
earthquakes, executions, &c. Only a few entries for each year. Also
war notes, some rather long.
MS. extracts published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. 34, p. 23,
edited by Perley Derby.
Seele, Nathan, of Easton, Mass., s. of John Seele, b. 1733; m.
Oct. 16, 1763, Kethurine Drake ; d. 1815.
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Diary: Jan. 14, 1780- Apr. 2, 1795 (dates of extracts). "Sabbath
book." Giving however in addition to texts, &c, some deaths, funer-
als, marriages and other bits of local news.
MS. cited in "Drake Genealogy," Drake, 1896.
Senter, Isaac, Dr., of Cranston, R. I., s. of Samuel Senter, b. in
Londonderry, N. H., 1753 ; m. Nov. 8, 1778, Elizabeth Arnold of Paw-
tucket, R. I. ; d. Dec. 21, 1799.
Diary: Sept. 13, 1775 - June 11, 1776. "The Journal of Isaac Sen-
ter Physician and Surgeon to the Troops detached from the American
army encamped at Cambridge, Mass., in a Secret Expedition against
Quebec under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold in Sept. 1775."
Describes the attack on Quebec, the death of Montgomery, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. Chas. A. Munn, New York. Copy by Mass.
Hist. Soc. Another diary covering the same period and perhaps
written from the original journal is owned by the Rhode Island Hist.
Soc. Published by the Hist. Soc. of Penn. in 1846.
Sergeant, John, of Stockbridge, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Mary
Sergeant, b. in Newark, N. J., 1710; m. Abigail Williams of Stock-
bridge, Aug. 16, 1739; d. July, 1749.
Diary: Oct. 3, 1734 -Feb. 21, 1749. "Journal of years spent as
missionary among the Housatonic Indians."
MS. owned by Dartmouth College Library. Extracts published in
"Historical Memoirs, by Rev. Samuel Hopkins."
Sew all, .David, of York, Maine, s. of Samuel and Sarah (Batchel-
der) Sewall, b. Oct. 7, 1735 ; m. (1) Mary Parker, Dec. 30, 1762, (2)
Elizabeth Langdon of Hampton Falls, Nov. 21, 1790 ; d. Oct. 22, 1825.
Diary : June 1754 ; last dates are net given. "The diary is of
great interest owing to its lively descriptions and local coloring." —
Rev. David Sewall. This is a narrative rather than a diary, evident-
ly written much later than the events. It is an account of a trip
made with Tutor Henry Flynt from Cambridge to Portsmouth in
1754.
MS. copy owned by York Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro., Vol. 16, pp. 5-11.
Sewall, Dummer, of York and Bath, Maine, s. of Samuel and
Sarah (Bachelder) (Titcomb) Sewall, b. 1737; m. Mary Dumming,
Dec. 16, 1760 ; d. Apr. 5, 1832.
Diary : Mar. 27, 1759 - Dec. 2, 1760 but with occasional later en-
tries to 1823. It begins with his enlistment in the expedition against
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Louisburg and the daily entries extend through his service in the
French and Indian war.
MS. owned by Mr. Harold M. Sewall of Bath, Me. Unpublished.
Sewall, Henry, Gen., of Augusta, Me., s. of Henry and Abigail
(Titcomb) Sewall, b. at York, Oct. 24, 1752 ; m. (1) Feb. 9, 1786, Ta-
bitha Sewall, (2) June 3, 1811, Rachel Crosby, (3) Sept. 9, 1833, Eliz-
abeth Lowell ; d. Sept. 11, 1845.
Diary: Mar. 1, 1776 - Nov. 31, 1783. "Mostly written, it is said,
day by day in the camp or the field although here and there it is in-
timated some explanatory additions were made during a later period
of his life. A tolerably complete daily record of the events of the
war of the Revolution as those events were made known in the vicin-
ity of the writer's quarters." He was at Newburg, in Connecticut,
at Saratoga and spent the winter with Washington at Valley Forge.
MS. owned by Miss Abbie S. Manley, Augusta, except that portion
from June 1 - June 25, 1783 which was filed in the pension office and
is in the Library of Congress. Published in "A Maine Farmer," Aug-
usta, 1872, and in Hist. Mag., Aug. 1871.
Sewall, Joseph, Rev., of Boston, s. of Judge Samuel and Hannah
(Hull) Sewall, b. Aug. 15, 1688; m. Oct. 29, 1713, Elizabeth Walley
of Boston ; d. June 27, 1769.
Diary: (1) 1711-1716. Religious meditations with occasional
family, weather and other details.
Diary : (2) 1683 - 1719. Commonplace books containing notes of
sermons by various divines.
Diary: (3) Apr. 27 -Nov. 16, 1707. "Ephemis Sacra." A good
illustration of a morbid Puritan conscience. Near the end he writes,
'Thus have I finished my third Ephemeris."
MSS. (1) owned by Prof. Theodore Salisbury Woolsey of Yale
College. (2) owned by Boston Public Library. (3) owned by Boston
Public Library.
Sewall, Jotham, Rev., of Chesterville, Me., s. of Henry and Abi-
gail (Titcomb) Sewall of York, Me., b. Jan. 1, 1760; m. Sept. 17, 1787,
Jenny Sewall of Bath ; d. Oct. 3, 1850.
Diary : Jan. 1, 1778 - Sept. 23, 1850. It fills a box 10x12x16 and is
said "to throw a flood of light upon early life and manners in Maine."
Many religious meditations ; also records of his missionary tours.
MS. owned by Maine Historical Soc. Extracts published in "Me-
moir of Jotham Sewall," by Jotham Sewall, Jr., Boston, 1853.
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Sewall, Samuel, Judge, of Boston, s. of Henry and Jane (Dum-
mer) Sewall, b. at Bishop Stoke, England, Mar. 28, 1652; m. (1) Feb.
28, 1675, Hannah Hull, (2) Oct. 29, 1719, Mrs. Abigail (Melyen) Til-
ley, (3) Mar. 29, 1722, Mrs. Mary (Shrimpton) Gibbs; d. Jan. 1, 1730.
Diary : (1) Dec. 3, 1673 - Oct. 13, 1729. Kept nearly every day
mentioning the doings of himself and friends and public events.
Diary : (2) Jan. 1677 - Nov. 1719. Commonplace books, MS. notes
of sermons delivered by various ministers with other memoranda.
Diary: (3) 1693, 1696, 1705-1718, 1728, 1729. Interleaved al-
manacs with short items to serve as a reminder for the fuller diary.
Diary (4) Dec. 15, 1715 - Dec. 19, 1728. A record of the cases
which came before him especially of probate matters. Many relation-
ships given and facts about the parties concerned. Some letters and
wills.
Diary : (5) July 29, 1718 -Feb. 26, 1726. A record of his Superior
Court doings with some personal happenings. Also some sermon
notes.
Diary : (6) May 2, 1681 - July 26, 1686. A diary of the doings of
his military company.
MSS. all owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc. except (2) which is owned
by the Boston Public Library. (1) published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls.
5th Ser., Vols. 5, 6 and 7.
Sewall, Samuel, Jr., of Brookline, Mass., s. of Judge Samuel and
Hannah (Hull) Sewall, b. June 11, 1678 ; m. Sept. 15, 1702, Rebecca
Dudley ; d. Feb. 27, 1750.
Diary : (1) 1702 - 1732. Interleaved almanacs, with much of the
news and gossip of the day. Many people mentioned.
Diary : (2) Oct. 2 - Oct. 15, 1712. "A journal of proceedings to
Martha's Vineyard."
MSS. (1) those for 1713 and 1714 owned by Mass. Hist. Soc; 1724
and 1732 by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Extracts printed in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg. for Jan. 1862, also as notes to his father's diary in Mass.
Hist. Soc. Colls., 5th ser., Vol. 5, 6 and 7. (2) published in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., Jan. 1864.
Sewall, Samuel, Chief Justice, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Walley) Sewall, b. Dec. 11, 1757 ; m. Dec. 8,
1781, Abigail Devereux ; d. June 8, 1814.
MS. one volume of his diary was owned in 1869 by Rev. Samuel
Sewall of Burlington, Mass. Cited in "Salisbury Fam. Mem." Vol 1,
p. 209.
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Sharp, Robert, of Brookline, Mass., s. of Major Robert and Sa- '
rah (Pavson) Sharp, b. Aug. 1, 1743 ; m. Sarah Ackers, Mar. 15, 1792;
d. June 29, 1798.
Diary : Apr. 22 - Aug. 25, 1778. Kept with his brother. A farm-
ing experience.
MS. owned by Brookline Public Library, among Sharp Papers.
Published in Brookline Hist. Soc., Pub. No. 2.
Shaw, Thomas, of Standish, Me., s. of Ebenezer and Anna (Phil-
brick) Shaw; b. Oct. 20, 1753 in Hampton, N. H.; m. (1) Nov. 20, 1777,
Anna Wood of Gorham, Me., (2) Nov. 20, 1809, Mrs. Susannah
(Smith) Thomes of Standish ; (3) Mrs. Lydia (Prentiss) Partridge.
Diary : 1775 - Oct. 21, 1837. Commences with recollections of
his childhood, has scattered diary entries. Was in Boston from Mar.
20, 1776 until Oct. when he went to Ticonderoga and Fort George.
He mentions the journal of his father.
MS. published in Granite Monthly, 1887. Also in "A Down East
Yankee," by Daggett, Portland, 1920.
Sheldon, Charlotte, of Litchfield and Hartford, Conn., dau. of
Dr. Daniel and (Judson) Sheldon, b. 1780; unmarried; d.
about 1840 in Hartford.
Diary : May 10 - Sept. 24, 1796 (dates of extracts). A girl's diary
of her daily doings, the affairs of her friends and neighbors and of
her school life at Miss Sarah Pierce's Academy.
MS. extracts in "Chronicles of a Pioneer School," Vanderpoel, 1903.
Sheldon, Daniel, Jr., probably Dr. Daniel, b. Oct. 19, 1750; m.
(2) May 13, 1784, Huldah Stone ; d. Apr. 10, 1840.
Diary : 1789 - 1792. Memoranda of events in Litchfield, and me-
terological items.
MS. owned by Litchfield Hist. Soc.
Shepard, Thomas, Rev., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of William Shep-
ard, b. at Towcester, Eng., Nov. 5, 1605 ; m. (1) 1632, Margaret
Touteveille, (2) 1637, Joanna Hooker, (3) Sept. 8, 1647 Margaret
Boradel ; d. Aug. 25, 1649.
Diary : Nov. 25, 1640 - Mar. 28, 1644. "Principally a record of his
religious experience and his communings with himself and his Maker."
MS. copies owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. and N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
The original MS. from Dec. 27, 1641, by the New York Public Lib.
This portion was printed in Boston in 1647 under the title "The Val-
uable Pieces, &c."
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Sherburne, Joseph, of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of John and Mary
(Jackson) Sherburne, bapt. Apr. 6, 1712.
Diary : May 17 - June 16, 1745. A journal of the siege of Louis-
bourg.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in "A Half
Century of Conflict," Vol. II, pp. 126-128.
Sherwood, Justus, Capt., of Vermont, s. of John and Hannah
(Parruck) Sherwood, d. in King's Co., N. B., 1836, aged 84.
Diary: May 29 -Aug. 12, 1783. Journal of an expedition under
Capt. Sherwood to view the region round the northern side of the
Bay of Chaleurs to find suitable places for the settlement of those
Loyalists who had taken refuge in Lower Canada.
MS. in the Stevens Papers, Sec. of State's Office, Montpelier, Vt.
Shirley, William, of Roxbury, Mass., Governor of Massachusetts,
s. of William and Elizabeth (Godman) Shirley of Preston, Sussex,
England, b. Dec. 2, 1694 at Preston ; m. (1) Frances Barker of Lon-
don, (2) his landlord's daughter in Paris; d. in Roxbury, Mass., Mar.
24, 1771.
Diary : Mar. 24 - June 17, 1744/45. "A journal of the siege of Louis-
burg and other operations of the Forces during the Expedition against
the French Settlements on Cape Breton ; drawn up at the desire
of the Council and House of Representatives of the Province of Mass-
achusetts Bay ; approved and attested by Sir William Pepperrell and
the other principal officer who commanded in the said expedition."
The text of this Journal agrees substantially with that of Sir William
Pepperell's "Accurate Journal."
MS. published in London, 1746; Boston, Mass. by J. Draper, 1746,
and also by Rogers & Fowle, 1746.
Shute, Daniel, Rev., of Hingham, Mass., s. of John and Mary
(Wayte) Shute, b. at Maiden, July 19, 1722; m. (1) Mar. 25, 1753,
Mady Cushing, (2) Jan. 6, 1763, Deborah Cushing ; d. Aug. 30, 1802.
Diary: (1) May 20 -Oct. 20, 1758. Of the invasion of Canada.
He was Chaplain in Col. Joseph Williams' Regt. He goes to Albany,
Schenectady, Fort Harkman, Schuyler's Farm and return.
Diary : (2) Interleaved almanacs in which he kept a record of
daily events.
MSS. owned by Mr. W. C. Chute, Hingham, Mass.
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Shute, Daniel, Dr., of Hingham, Mass., s. of Daniel and Mary
(Cushing) Shute, b. in Hingham, Jan. 30, 1756; m. Dec. 31,1789,
Betsey Cushing ; d. Apr. 19, 1829.
Diary : Aug. 1781 - Apr. 1782. This journal covers the period
when Dr. Shute was with Gen'l Lincoln at Yorktown and tells of the
surrender. There is also a list of births attended by him from 1783
to 1817, 1274 in all.
MS. owned by W. C. Shute of Hingham. Unpublished.
Shute, Samuel, Gov., of Boston, Mass., b. at London, 1653 ; d.
in England, Apr. 15, 1742.
Diary : Oct. 15 - Oct. 17, 1716. A journey from Boston to Ports-
mouth.
MS. published in N. H. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. 4, p. 249.
Silliman, Benjamin, Prof., of New Haven, Conn., s. of Gen. Gold
Selleck and Mary (Fish) Silliman, b. at No. Stamford, Aug. 8, 1779;
m. (1) Sept. 17, 1809, Harriet Trumbull of Lebanon, (2) Sept. 17,
1851, Mrs. Sarah Isabella (McClellan) Webb ; d. Nov. 24, 1864.
Diary: Aug. 13, 1795 - Jan. 17, 1796. Kept at Yale College, gives
many details of college work and social life. Prof. Silliman also
wrote an autobiography of his life and later kept diaries until near-
ly the day of his death.
MS. published in "Life of Benjamin Silliman," by George P. Fisher,
N. Y., 1866. Also in "Mem. of Eminent Yale Men," A. P. Stokes.
Silvester, William, of Hanover, Mass. and Harpswell, Me., s. of
Amos and Elizabeth (Henchman) Silvester, b. in Hanover, Feb. 22,
1709 ; m. May 12, 1736, Mary Barstow.
Diary : 1762 (date of extract) which relates to his moving to Harps-
well.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Brunswick and Harpswell," p. 856.
Simitiere, Pierre Eugene du, of Switzerland, Philadelphia and
Boston, b. at Geneva ; d. at Philadelphia, Oct. 1784.
Diary : (1) Nov. 21 - Dec. 14, 1767. Scattered through three vol-
umes of manuscript relating to the history of the Colonies. He de-
scribes a street parade at the north end of Boston, information about
the Indians and various other facts and descriptions.
Diary : (2) June 1 - June 20, 1768 (dates of extracts). Descriptions
of a tour to New England.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary ; (3) Nov. 1775 - May 1781. Note book kept from day to day
of the pictures and miniatures he painted, letters and memoirs writ-
ten, &c.
MSS. (1) owned by the Ridgway Library, Philadelphia. Unpub-
lished. (2) owned by the Library Co. of Philadelphia. Extracts in
French in R. I. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. XII, p. 2, 47. (3) in Peter Force
Coll., Library of Congress. Published in Penn. Hist. Mag., Vol. XIII,
p. 356.
Simonds, , of Woburn, Mass.
Diary: Sept. 13 - Oct. 11, 1710. An expedition to the eastward
including Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The name is deduced from an
inscription on the manuscript, in the handwriting of Rev. Samuel
Sewall.
MS. owned by Woburn Public Library.
Skinner, Richard, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of James Skinner, b.
about 1666; m. Alice Woods, Nov. 30, 1682; d. Mar. 9, 1726/7.
Diary : Mar. 30, 1724 - Nov. 10, 1725. Entries in an old Bible,
mostly texts of Sunday sermons with names of preachers, &c, with
occasional entries of other matters.
MS. owned by Miss Elizabeth E. Dana of Cambridge, Mass. Pub-
lished in New England Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1900.
Skinner, Thomas, of Norton, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mary
(Pratt) Skinner, b. Nov. 3, 1668 in Maiden ; m. about 1694, Hannah
Carpenter; will probated May 19, 1750.
Diary: "Gives many interesting details of family history."
MS. cited in "Worcester County," Vol. I, p. 442.
Skinner, William, of Woodstock, Conn., b. in Maiden, Mass.,
1720; d. Jan. 30, 1807.
Diary : "A daily diary. Carried to Vermont by one of his rela-
tives."
MS. cited in "Hist, of 1st Cong. Church, Woodstock," Grosvenor,
1860.
Slade, William, of New Canaan, Conn, and Cornwall, Vt., s. of
William and Esther (Davis) Slade, b Oct. 26, 1753 ; m. (1) Apr. 15,
1779, Rebecca Plumb, (2) Oct. 30, 1"88, Mercy Bronson, (3) Jan. 8,
1818, Sarah Ann Clark ; d. at Cornwall, Nov. 24, 1826.
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Diary : Nov. 16, 1776 - Jan. 18, 1777. Kept while a prisoner of the
British on the prison ship "Grosvenor," a plain record of everyday life
throughout a period of great suffering.
MS. owned by Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, Vt, given by Hon.
William Slade. Published in "American Prisoners of the Revolution,"
by Danske Dandridge, p. 494. Also in "Wm. Slade," by T. B. Peck,
p. 165.
Smethurst, Gamaliel, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Capt. Joseph
and Tabitha (Skinner) Smethurst, b. in Marblehead, Apr. 9, 1738;
m. (1) Sarah Webber, Feb. 5, 1758, (2) Rebecca Besom, Dec. 9, 1813;
d. July 20, 1826.
Diary: Oct. 29 -Dec. 13, 1761; Dec. 5, 1763-1765. The first part
of the diary is kept in Nova Scotia where he travels among the French
left after the expulsion of the Acadians. The second part relates to
the fisheries in the St. Lawrence River. Gives his various adven^
tures. Also a plan for reconciling England and the Colonies.
MS. copy owned by Harvard College. Published in New Bruns-
wick Hist. Colls., Vol. II, pp. 365-390.
Smith, Elizabeth Murray, of Boston and Cambridge, dau. of
John and Annie (Bennet) Murray, b. July 7, 1726, in England ; m.
(1) 1755, Thomas Campbell, (2) 1760, Ralph Inman ; d. May 25, 1785.
Diary : Oct. 14, 1769 - July 30, 1770. Journal of a trip in England.
MS. owned by Miss Susan I. Lesley, Milton, Mass. Published in
"Letters of James Murray, Loyalist," Tiffany, Boston, 1901, pp. 124-
131.
Smith, Hezekiah, Rev., of Haverhill, Mass., s. of and
Rebecca (Vanderpool) Smith, b. Apr. 21, 1737 in Hampstead, L. 1.1;
m. June 27, 1771, Hepsibah Kimball of Boxford ; d. Jan. 24, 1805.
Diary : Oct. 29, 1762 - Dec. 15, 1805 with some omissions. It com-
mences with his travels in the South. Several missionary tours are
included in the diary. From Mar. 18, 1776 to Dec. 1, 1780 he was
chaplain in Nixon's Regiment and was at Winter Hill, Long Island,
and New Jersey. He was at the battle of Saratoga and Burgoynes
surrender, also at White Plains and Hackensack. It is exceedingly
full and minute. - ; . ■ y
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. except one volume, Aug. 1, 1773
to Apr. 28, 1778, which is owned by the Library of Congress! > 'Ve2y
full extracts in "Chaplain Smith and the Baptists," Guild, PfiilaYeiy
< . : : t L;C, ] hiJa.
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Smith, Job, of Manton, Johnston, R. I., s. of Daniel and Dorcas
(Harris) Smith, b. Sept. 24, 1736 ; m. Feb. 1765, Ruth Harris ; d. Aug.
15, 1818.
Diary : Sept. 3, 1798 - Apr. 15, 1818. The diary is made up of re-
cords of the weather, details of farm work, comings and goings of
relatives and visits of his family to town (Providence).
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Smith, Joseph of Groton, Conn., b. Dec. 25, 1735 ; m. Zerviah
Breed of Stonington, Mar. 25, 1762; d. Nov. 1, 1816, at Montville,
Conn.
Diary: June 5, 1758 - Sept. 30, 1758. "Personal. A record of
where they marched and incidents of hardships endured." "Names
of towns or Places that I came through in my jorny from ticondinoge
to Stonington."
MS. owned by Welcome A. Smith, Esq., Norwich, Conn. Published
in Soc. of Colonial Wars Pro., Vol. I, New Haven, Conn., 1896.
Smith, Julianna, of Sharon, Conn., dau. of Rev. Cotton Mather
and Temperance (Worthington) Smith, b. about 1760 ; m. Hon. Jacob
Radcliff ; d. 1823.
Diary : - 1781. "A chatty homely diary kept for the benefit
of her brother John Cotton Smith when in Yale College."
MS. was given many years ago to Mrs. Richard Hart of New York
City. She died in 1885 and now no trace can be found of it. Cop-
ious notes taken from the original were incorporated in "Colonial
Days and* Ways," by Miss Helen Eveytson Smith, Century Co.
Smith, Reuben, of Farmington, Conn., s. of Thomas Smith, b.
Feb. 19, 1737 ; unmarried ; d. May 26, 1760.
Diary : Apr. 18, 1759 - Feb. 6, 1760. Account of his life as a priv-
ate soldier at Louisburg.
MS. copy owned by the late Julius Gay of Farmington. Unpub-
lished.
Smith, Samuel, of New Bedford, Mass. Parentage unknown.
Diary : Feb. 29, 1768 - Aug. 22, 1793, with a few later entries.
A surveyor's journal similar in territory covered to that of Benj.
Crane.
MS. owned by New Bedford Public Library. Pub. by New Bed-
ford Public Lib., 1910, with those of Benj. Crane and Benj. Hammond/
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
267
Smith, Thomas, Rev., of Falmouth and Portland, Maine, s. of
Thomas and Mary (Corwin) Smith, b. Mar. 10, 1702 ; m. (1) Sarah
Tyng of Woburn, Sept. 12, 1728, (2) Mrs. Olive Jordan of Saco, Mar.
% 1744, (3) Elizabeth (Hunt) Wendaell, Aug. 12, 1766 ; d. May 25,
1795.
Diary : 1720 - 1788. "The extracts consist of notices of such for-
eign events as came to the knowledge of Mr. Smith during that per-
iod. Domestic occurrences or such as took place in the town of
Falmouth and vicinity from the time of his coming there in 1725, with
marginal notes as to the particulars of some of the events which are
but slightly mentioned. Also a separate account of the seasons."
MS. owned by Society of Mayflower Descendants, given by Mrs.
Annie H. Ward. A large part of the manuscript was destroyed by
the executor. Full extracts published by Jos. S. Bailey, Portland,
1849.
Smith, Thomas, Rev., of Pembroke, Mass., s. of Joseph and Anna
(Fuller) Smith, b. in Barnstable, Feb. 6, 1705/6; m. Aug. 28, 1734,
Judith Miller ; d. July 7, 1788.
Diary : Dec. 1755 - Nov. 29, 1787. A private list of marriages in
Pembroke.
MS. copy owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Published in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., January, 1877, p. 68. Also incorporated in Pembroke
Vital Records.
Smith, William, Rev., of Weymouth, Mass., s. of William and
Abigail (Fowle) Smith, b. in Charlestown, 1702 ; m. (int.) Aug. 3, 1740,
Elizabeth Quincy of Braintree ; d. Sept. 17, 1783.
Diary : (1) 1738, 1739, 1741, 1749, 1751, 1754, 1759, 1763 and 1768.
Interleaved almanacs. "They preserve some historical incidents and
not a little genealogical matter relating to Weymouth. . . What re-
mains pictures the life of a clergyman of that time with his weekly
round of duties, his self-questionings and thankfulness for strength
derived from divine assistance."
Diary : (2) 1776. Similar in character.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro., June, 1909. (2) owned by S. L. Munson, Albany.
Smith, William Loughton, of Charleston, S. C, s. of Benjamin
and Anne (Loughton) Smith, b. 175- ; m. (1) May 1, 1786, Charlotte
Izard, (2) Dec. 19, 1805, Charlotte Wragg; d. Dec. 31, 1812.
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Diary : (1) Aug. 15 - Sept. 14, 1790. Journal of a visit made with
Gen. Washington to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont and New
York. Long descriptions of the towns where they went, the taverns,
people, &c.
Diary : (2) Apr. 20 - May 1791. Journal of a trip from Philadelphia
to Charleston.
MSS. published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Oct. 1917, p. 35. Also in
N. Y. Evening Post of April and May 1888 and semi-weekly edition
of the Post of April and June 1888. Also reprint, University Press,
1917.
Soule, Cornelius, Capt., of North Yarmouth, Me., s. of Moses
Soule of Duxbury, b. 1703 ; m. before 1729, Susannah Scales ; d. Oct.
20, 1755.
Diary: July 3 - July 22, 1742. Of a trip from Boston to the East-
ern frontier as messenger for Governor Shirley.
MS. in State Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 132. Published in "Old Times
in North Yarmouth," p. 862.
Southack, Cyprian, Capt., of Boston, s. of Lt. Cyprian Southack
of the Royal Navy of England, b. in London, 1660 ; m. Elizabeth Foy
of Boston ; d. Mar. 27, 1745 in the 84th year of his age.
Diary : (1) Apr. 19, 1697 - June 20, 1700. Letters copied in an old
book, many of them written from the coast of Maine, mixed with
them are occasional diary entries of his doings. Some of the letters
are in diary form.
Diary : (2) May 1 - 13, 1717. A journal of his visit to the wreck
of the pirate ship Whidah and her prize the Mary Ann, on Cape Cod,
near Eastham.
Diary : (3) Aug. 26 - Oct. 4, 1718. A journal of his voyage to
Louisburg and return with Capt. Smart.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. (2) in Mass. Archives, Vol.
38A, p. 16. (3) Transcript by Mass. Hist. Soc. among F. L. Gay
papers. Unpublished.
Spalding, Lyman, Dr., of Cornish, N. H., s. of Col. Dyer and Eliz-
abeth (Parkhurst) Spalding, b. June 5, 1775 ; m. Elizabeth Cones of
Portsmouth; d. Oct. 21, 1821.
Diary : Feb. 1 - Mar. 15, 1797. Of a horseback ride from Cornish
through Vermont to see various doctors on the road with a view to
settling in some town. Various doctors are mentioned.
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269
MS. owned by Dr. James Spalding, 627 Congress St., Portland, Me.
The substance of the diary is published in the "Life of Dr. Lyman
Spalding," Spalding.
Sparkawk, Edward Perkins, of Lynnfield, Mass., s. of Rev. Na-
thaniel and Elizabeth (Perkins) Sparhawk, b. July 10, 1728 ; m. Nov.
8, 1759, Mehetabel Putnam of Danvers ; d. Mar. 8, 1796.
Diary: 1772-1785 (dates of extracts). 17 interleaved almanacs,
weather, unusual phenomena, local events.
MS. owned in 1890 by Mr. James R. Newhall, Lynn, Mass. Cited
in "Hist, of Lynn," Lewis and Newhall, pp. 336-351.
Sprague, Phinehas, Jr., of Melrose, Mass., s. of Phineas and Re-
becca (Lynde) Sprague, b. in Maiden, Sept. 19, 1725 ; m. (1) Dec. 6,
1748, Hannah Gould of Stoneham, (2) Nov. 22, 1770, Sarah Fowle
of Charlestown ; d. Dec. 29, 1805.
Diary: 1761-1780.
MS. owned in 1899 by Mr. Artemas Barrett of Melrose. Cited in
sketch of Melrose, "Middlesex Co. Hist.," Vol. II.
Sprague, Thomas, of Spencer, Mass.. s. of Knight and Mary
(Beal) Sprague, b. Apr. 26, 1752 ; m. Thankful Hatch, May 3, 1774 ;
d. May 12, 1828.
Diary : June 5, 1784 - Sept. 5, 1850. A list of deaths with a few
births in Spencer, including some in the surrounding towns. Some
relationships given, also causes of death. After March 20, 1828 the
record is kept by another hand.
MS. owned by American Antiq. Soc. given by Mr. Henry M. Tower.
In portfolio marked Spencer. Unpublished.
Sproat, James, Rev., of Guilford, Conn., s. of Lieut. Ebenezer and
Experience Sproat, b. in Middleborough, Mass., Apr. 11, 1722; m.
Sept. 17, 1751, Abigail Woolsey of Oyster Bay, N. Y.; d. at Phila-
delphia, Oct. 18, 1793.
Diary : Apr. 1 - Oct. 14, 1778. Notes of his visits to the hospitals
in Philadelphia and in Berkshire, Lancaster and Chester counties,
Penn. He was hospital chaplain. "His journal covering the period
between 1779 and 1781 although noting his visits to the hospitals
lacks the interesting details recorded in the year 1778 and is mainly
devoted to his labors in his congregation."
MS. extracts published in Penn. Mag. of Hist., Vol. 27, p. 441.
Squire, Ephraim, of Ashford, Conn., s. of Philip and Elizabeth
Squire, b. Feb. 9, 1747/8; d. Aug. 19, 1841.
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Diary: (1) Sept. 7 -Nov. 25, 1775. A journal of the expedition to
Quebec. Mr. John Codman says : "This is the only account that has
come to my notice of the adventures of Col. Enos' men in their re-
treat."
Diary: (2) Sept. 4 -Nov. 2, 1777. Of his march to Albany with
Capt. Isaac Stone. He joined the army at Stillwater and was present
at the surrender of Burgoyne.
MSS. both of these are extracts from longer diaries kept at the
time and are owned by the Library of Congress, having been filed in
the Pension Office. Published in Mag. of Am. Hist., Vol. 2, p. 685.
Stackpole, John, Jr., Lieut., of North Yarmouth, Maine, s. of
Lieut. John and Elizabeth (Brown) Stackpole, b. in York, Me., 1708 ;
m. Nov. 30, 1731, Bethiah Young ; d. Dec. 2, 1796.
Diary : July 3 - July 31, 1755. Very short entries of a march in
Maine through Falmouth, Biddeford, New Gloucester, Richmond,
New Boston and North Yarmouth.
MS. in Massachusetts Archives. Published in Maine Hist. Soc.
Colls., 3d sen, Vol. 1, p. 241.
Staniford, Daniel, of Boston, s. of Jeremiah and Mary (Potter)
Staniford, b. in Ipswich, July 26, 1766 ; m. (1) Lydia Sheperd of Am-
herst, Nov. 17, 1794, (2) Lucy Witton, Sept. 26, 1798 ; d. Sept. 22,
1820.
Diary : July 1786 - Mar. 3, 1794. An interesting account of his
life in Harvard college. Teaching school, courtship and writing verse
for local magazines. He graduated at Harvard in 1790 and was a
schoolmaster in Boston.
MS. owned by the late Ernest L. Gay, Beacon St., Boston. Unpub-
lished.
Stanton, Daniel, Rev., of Philadelphia, Pa., s. of Daniel and Abi-
gail ( ) Stanton, b. in Philadelphia, 1708 ; m. Sarah Lloyd, Apr.
5, 1733 ; d. Aug. 28, 1770 at Germantown, Pa.
Diary : 1731 - 1770. A journal of his life, travels and gospel labors.
He was a Quaker preacher. Makes several trips to New England.
Visits Nantucket, Boston, Salem, Lynn, &c. It is kept by years with
some dates of months and days.
MS. published in Phila. by Joseph Cruikshank, 1772. Also in
Friend's Library, Phila. 1837, Vol. XII, p. 146.
Stanton, John, Jr., of Worcester, Mass,, s. of John and Joanna
Stanton, b. in Boston in 1755 ; m. Sept. 14, 1780, Sarah Chandler; d.'
1796.
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Diary : 1776. Kept in Nathaniel Low's interleaved almanac.
Weather, bits of family news and war news. Very few entries.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Stark, John, Gen., of Manchester, N. H., s. of Archibald and
Eleanor (Nichols) Stark, b. at Londonderry, N. H., Aug. 28, 1728 ; m.
Aug. 20, 1758, Elizabeth Page of Dumbarton, N. H., d. at Manchester,
May 8, 1822.
Diary : Dec. 2, 1757 - Nov. 26, 1788. A pocket account book with
military records, also accounts of a store kept by Gen. Stark and his
brother. It contains receipts from the men of Rogers' Rangers for
amounts paid them.
MS. owned by Mrs. W. S. B. Hopkins of Worcester, Mass. Un-
published.
Stearns, Benjamin, a soldier in the Fourth Mass. Reg., of Boston,
Mass., s. of John and Mercy (Davis) Stearns of Concord, b. Nov. 8,
1714 ; m. Sept. 11, 1738, Dinah Wheeler of Bolton, Mass. ; d. in Bol-
ton, Jan. 5, 1755.
Diary : Mar. 11, 1745 - Aug. 2, 1745. Of the Louisburg Campaign
covering the same ground as Dudley Bradstreet's, and partly copied
from it.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. presented by the town clerk of
- Lancaster, J. C. Clark. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Feb. 1909.
Also in Acadiensis (St. John, N. B.), Oct. 1908.
Stearns, Isaac, Hon. of Billerica, Mass., s. of John and Esther
(Johnson) Stearns, b. June 16, 1722; m. Feb. 11, 1747/8, Sarah Ab-
bot ; d. Mar. 23, 1808.
Diary : Jan. 30, 1785 -Mar. 8, 1788. Daily record of business,
farm life and spiritual experience. Account of a journey to N. Y.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Stearns, Isaac, of Ashburnham, Mass., s. of Hon. Isaac and Sar-
ah (Abbott) Stearns, b. in Billerica, June 13, 1750 ; m. Dec. 18, 1777,
Mary Crosby ; d. Apr. 29, 1807, in Ashburnham.
Diary : for many years including 1787. The journal of a plain
farmer with interesting entries during Shay's rebellion. Also records
of attendance at funerals and ministrations to the sick.
MS. extracts published in "Hist, of Ashburnham," by Sturgis.
Stearns, Samuel, Rev., of Bedford, Mass., s. of Rev. Joseph and
Sarah (Ruggles) Stearns of Epping, N. H., b. Apr. 8, 1770; m. Abigail
French, May 9, 1797; d. Dec. 26, 1834.
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Diary : May 30, 1797 - Apr. 1798. "A fragmentary journal kept
in the first year of his ministry." Memoranda of presents received
during the first year of his housekeeping.
MS. reviewed in New England Mag., Dec. 1898. Also extracts in
"Hist, of Bedford," by A. E. Brown, p. 61.
Stedman, Ebenezer, of Cambridge, Mass., s. of John and Sarah
(Gibson) Stedman, bapt. Jan. 2, 1708/9 ; m. (1) Lydia Moore, (2)
Mary Austen of Charlestown, Jan. 4, 1764 ; d. Sept. 13, 1785.
Diary : 1764. An almanac with short entries written on the mar-
gins, the arrival and sailing of boats, weather, &c. Of slight value.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, given by Jonathan Titcomb,
Esq. Unpublished.
Stevens, Benjamin, of Canaan, Conn., in Capt. Jno. Stevens Co.,
Col. Charles Burrelf s Regiment, s. of Zebulon and Miriam (Fellows)
Stevens, b. in Canaan, June 25, 1754 ; m. Esther Rowlson, Nov, 4,
1781 ; d. Apr. 3, 1838.
Diary : Feb. 19 - May 26, 1776. Expedition to Canada, through
Albany, Saratoga, Fort Edward, under Gen'I Benedict Arnold.
MS. copy from the original made by Wm. P. Browne, in 1852, by
Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Stevens, Enos, of Charlestown, N. H., s. of Capt. Phineas and Eliz-
abeth (Stevens) Stevens, b. Oct. 2, 1739 in Rutland, Mass. ; m. Mar.
4, 1791, Sophia Grout of Lunenburg.
Diary : May 2, 1777 - Feb. 25, 1785. Begins with his leaving home
for New York where he joined a volunteer company to guard the coast.
He was on the side of the British. Makes an expedition up West
River and to Fort Massachusetts.
MS. burned in the Vermont State House. Extracts published in
"Hist, of Charlestown," Saunderson.
Stevens, James, of Andover, Mass., in Capt. Thomas Poor's Com-
pany, s. of James and Sarah (Peabody) Stevens, b. in Andover, July
14, 1749 ; m. (1) Oct. 6, 1778, Elizabeth Lacy of Andover, (2) 1800,
Betsey Letch of Lunenburg ; d. Mar. 31, 1834.
Diary: Apr. 19, 1775 - Apr. 20, 1776. "He was doubtless the hero
of the hour, and if he talked as fluently as he wrote, must have en-
tertained his friends with full descriptions of his adventures since his
departure on the day of the alarm." "The journal of James Stevens
gives a glimpse of Andover in the day of the battle of Bunker Hill .
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and also a picture of the camp life of the soldiers about Boston in
the first year of the War, their journeyings back and forth between
Cambridge and Andover and the sort of life they led while on duty."
— "Historical Sketches of Andover."
MS. owned by Moses T. Stevens, North Andover, Mass. Quoted
in "Historical Sketches of Andover," p. 309. Published in Essex Inst. I
Hist. Coll., 1912.
L Stevens, Joseph, Rev., of Charlestown, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Mary Stevens, b. at Andover, June 20, 1682 ; m. July 13, 1714, Sarah
Lynde ; d. Nov. 16, 1721.
Diary: (1) July 30 - Oct. 13, 1711. "A journall of our Expedition
ag't Canada under the Command of Brigadier Hill, Generall and Com-
mander in chief by Land in ye present Expedition and Sr. Hovenden
Walker, Admirall and Commander in Chief by Sea in ye years 1711."
He was chaplain in the army.
Diary : (2) 1713 - 1774. A book of covenant baptisms, record of
church meetings, marriages, many Abbot vital statistics, lists of those
admitted to full communion.
MSS. (1) owned by Rev. Anson Titus, West Somerville, Mass. (2)
owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Both unpublished.
Stevens, Phineas, Capt., of Charlestown, N. H., s. of Joseph and
Prudence (Rice) Stevens, b. in Sudbury, Mass., Feb. 20, 1706 ; m.
May, 1734, Elizabeth Stevens of Petersham ; d. Apr. 6, 1756.
Diary: (1) Aug. - Dec. 11, 1749. "A true Journal and account of
my travel to and from Canada by way of Crown Point." He goes
through Deerfield to Albany, where he visits Col. Lydius, to Chambly
and Montreal.
Diary : (2) Apr. 27 - Nov. 24, 1752. An account of his journey to
Canada to negotiate the restoration of the captives belonging to New
England and captured by the French or Indians. The last part is
kept at his home and is of his personal doings.
MSS. (I) in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38 A, p. 139. Extracts published
inN.H. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. V, p. 199. Also in "Hist, of Charles-
town," Saunderson. (2) the original MS. was destroyed by fire. A
copy is owned by the Library of Congress. Published in "Travels in
the American Colonies," Mereness, 1916.
Stickney, William, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Mary
(Reddington) Stickney, b. in Rowley, Apr. 1, 1730; m. Mary Thurs-
ton, Oct. 17, 1759; d. in Newburyport, July 30, 1800.
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Diary: 1756/8, 1760-1790, 1792-4. Almanacs. Scattered en-
tries, weather, farming notes, deaths, some on inserted leaves, some
written on the margin. After 1790 kept by members of his family.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by estate of Chas. E. French,
1905. Unpublished.
Stiles, Ezra, Pres., of Newport, R. I., and New Haven, Conn., s.
of Rev. Isaac and Kezia (Taylor) Stiles, b. Nov. 29, 1727; m. Feb.
10, 1757, Elizabeth Hubbard ; d. May 12, 1795.
Diary: (1) Jan. 1, 1769 - May 6, 1795. "His literary diary touches
upon every conceivable topic ; there is nothing which does not inter-
est him from the town gossip to the latest researches in astronomy.
. . . We can follow his readings and studies from day to day and
from year to year. While no item seems to be too unimportant in
connection with his duties as minister or President of Yale not to be
noted at length in this truly remarkable and most fascinating diary."
Diary : (2) Nov. 15, 1755 - Nov. 8, 1794. "An itinerary consisting
of notes made during his absences from home, on journeys ; mainly
statistical memoranda of places and persons visited."
MSS. (1) owned by Yale University. Published in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., 1892; Conn. Mag., Aug. 1899; also in New York, 1901,
in three volumes. (2) owned by Yale University. Published by F.
B. Dexter, 1916.
Stimson, Jeremy, Dr., of Hopkinton, Mass., s. of George and
Anna ( ) Stimson, b. in Hopkinton, Oct. 13, 1751 ; m. (1) Oct. 7,
1779, Nancy Jones; (2) int. Dec. 6, 1807, Abi Richardson of Groton ;
d. June 25, 1821.
Diary : Sept. 4 - Oct. 31, 1776. Probably fragments of a longer
diary. Dr. Stimson was surgeon in the army. He records his visits
to the sick, battle of White Plains, etc. He was also at King's Bridge,
Horseneck, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by Mr. F. J. Stimson. Pub-
lished in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Dec. 1912, p. 251.
Stocking, Abner, of Chatham, Conn., s. of Capt. Abner and Ruth
(Higgins) Stocking, b. Jan. 2, 1753; m. Feb. 20, 1777, Lidea Bowers ;
d. in Catskill, N. Y.
Diary : Sept. 13, 1775 - Oct. 6, 1776. A journal of Arnold's Cam-
paign to Quebec. Possibly written after the events with the aid of
other journals, possibly when he was a prisoner in Quebec.
MS. copies in Prince Coll., Boston Public Library, and also in N. '
E. Hist. Gen. Library. Published by his relatives, Catskill, Eagle
Office, 1810.
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Stockwell, Quintin, of Deerfield, Mass., m. Abigail Billiard of
Dedham, before 1667 ; d. in Suffield, Conn., Jan. 22, 1714.
Diary : Sept. 19, 1677 to the following summer. A narrative writ-
ten about the events of each day, describing his capture in Deerfield
by the Indians and the journey to Canada.
MS. published in Pocumtuck Valley Mem. Asso. Pro., Vol. II, p.
462,
Stoddard, John, Capt., of Northampton, Mass., s. of Rev. Solo-
mon and Esther (Wareham) (Mather) Stoddard, b. in Northampton,
Feb. 17, 1682 ; m. Prudence Chester of Wethersfleld, Conn. ; d. at
Boston, June 19, 1748.
Diary : Nov. 5, 1713 - Sept. 1, 1714. "A journal of a Negociation
between the Marquis de Vaudreuil, Governor-General of Canada and
John Stoddard and John Williams Messengers, commissioned by His
Excellency Joseph Dudley, Esq., Captain, General and Governor of
Her Majesty's Government of the Massachusetts, &c, in New Eng-
land." Very full entries, with letters inserted occasionally.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1851. Also in "Stod-
dard Genealogy," N. Y., 1865.
Stone, Enos, Capt., of Lenox, Mass., s. of Enos and Mary Stone
of Litchfield, b. Aug. 5, 1744 ; m. Sarah Stoddard ; d. at Rochester,
N. Y., 1822.
Diary : Nov. 22, 1776 - July 7, 1777. Kept while he was stationed
at Ticonderoga.
MS. owned by the Rochester Hist. Soc. Extracts in N. E. Hist.
, Gen. Reg., Oct. 1861, p. 299.
, Stone, John, of Holliston, Mass., s. of Rev. James and Elizabeth
(Swift) Stone, b. June 21, 1732 ; m. Mary Haven of Framingham ; d.
Aug. 13, 1817.
Diary : (1) June 16, 1778 - July 13, 1807. Contains lists of civil
cases, notes of cases which he had in Court in Holliston.
Diary: (2) Oct. 1, 1760 -Dec. 30, 1767. Similar records of cases
which he had in Essex County.
Diary : (3) Mar. 3, 1781 - Nov. 16, 1807. A list of marriages which
he performed in Holliston.
MSS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. given by Rev. William Barry
of Framingham. Unpublished.
Stone, Stephen, of Guilford, Conn., s. of Seth and Rachel (Leete)
Stone, b. Oct. 11, 1761 ; unmarried ; d. June 24, 1782.
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Diary : June 9, 1778 - May 4, 1781. His experiences as a soldier
in the Revolution, goes to White Plains, Peekskill, &c. He enlists
several times for short periods ; part of the journal is of his home
life.
MS. extracts in "The Family of John Stone," by Wm. L. Stone, p.
30.
Storer, Ebenezer, of Boston, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Mary
( ) Storer, b. Jan. 27, 1729/30 ; m. July 17, 1751, Elizabeth Green ;
d. Jan. 6, 1807.
Diary: Mar. 1, 1749/50- Apr. 1, 1764. From Mar. 3, 1750/1 to
Aug. 16, 1755 the leaves have been cut out. A record of the deaths
of his relatives and religious meditations on them, also on the earth-
quake of Nov. 23, 1755, the births of his children, communion Sun-
days, &c.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Storer, John, Col., of Wells, Me., s. of Joseph and Hannah (Hill)
Storer, b. Sept. 5, 1694; d. Oct. 3, 1768.
Diary : (1) June 25 - July 19, 1740. Describes a trip from Boston
to Maine. He carries letters from the Governor to various Captains
in regard to the war with the French and Indians.
Diary: (2) Oct. 2, 1740 -Jan. 7, 1740/1. Report in the form of
a journal when he went as agent of the government to build Fort
Richmond in Maine.
Diary : (3) Mar. 8 - Apr. 30, 1745. Kept while he was an officer
in the expedition against Louisburg. Some entries in regard to pre-
liminary matters connected with the siege.
MSS. (1) in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 130. Copy by Maine
Hist. Soc. (2) extracts in Maine Hist. Soc, Ser. II, Vol. 5, p. 142.
(3) printed in "Lewiston Journal," in 1854, and in "Cutter Family of
New England," p. 310.
Storrs, Experience, Lieut. - Col., of Mansfield, Conn., s. of Huck-
ins and Eunice (Porter) Storrs, b. Sept. 18, 1734, in Mansfield ; m.
Lucy Huntington of Windham ; d. July 22, 1801.
Diary : June 1, 1775 - June 28, 1775. Kept at Cambridge. Col.
Storrs' Company participated in the battle of Bunker Hill.
MS. published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Vol. 14, p. 84.
Story, Thomas, of Justicetown, England. He died at Carlyle,
England, ? 24, 1742.
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Diary : 1686 - July 1, 1740. "A faithful journal of my Travels and
Labours in the Service of the Gospel." He was in New England in
Conn., Mass. and N. H. in 1699, 1702 and 1704. It is largely of his
preachings and meetings but he often mentions the places where he
stops or other things about the people or towns.
MS. extracts in "Journal and Life of Thomas Story," 1748. Also
in Friend's Library, Phila., 1837, Vol. X, p. 1.
Stow, Grace, Mrs., of Marlborough, Mass., dau. of Micah and
Mary (Howe) Newton ; b. June 12, 1746 ; m. John Stow, June 4,
1766; d. May 26, 1824.
Diary : 1760 - 1794 and continued by her daughter until 1825. A
record of births and deaths in Marlborough.
MS. cited in "Hist, of Marlborough," Hudson, p. 232.
Stowe, Solomon, of Palmer, Mass., s. of Solomon and Elizabeth
Stowe of Grafton, b. May 30, 1758.
Diary : Kept while he was in Capt. Daniel Barnes5 Co., Col. Timo-
thy Bigelow's Regt.
MS. owned by Dr. W. H. Stowe of Palmer. Cited in "History of
Palmer," p. 556.
i Sturdivant, John, of No. Yarmouth, Me., s. of Ephraim and
Lydia Sturtivant, bapt. Sept. 2, 1739.
Diary : July 12 - 17, 1775. Only four pages describing his service
as private in Capt. John Worthley's Co., probably at Cambridge.
Sumner, Joseph, Rev., of Shrewsbury, Mass., s. of Dea. Samuel
and Elizabeth (Griffin) Sumner, b. in Pomfret, Conn., Jan. 19, 1740 ;
m. May 12, 1763, Lucy Williams of Pomfret ; d. Dec. 9, 1824.
Diary: Jan. 17, 1768 -Dec. 31, 1822. These dates are of the first
and last entry. Many years are missing and many have only a few
entries. Written partly in almanacs. Very brief notes of his own
doings, his sermons, visits, the illnesses, births, marriages and deaths
of his parishioners.
MS. owned by Mr. Edward P. Sumner, Worcester, Mass. Pub-
lished in Worcester, Mass., 1888, for private distribution.
Sweat, William, Capt., of Salisbury, Mass., s. of Benjamin and
Susanna (Whittier) Sweat, b. in Newbury, Apr. 3, 1730; m. (1)
Merrill, (2) Mrs. Anna (Morgridge) Haskett, Dec. 17, 1759;
d. at Salisbury, Dec. 9, 1808.
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Diary: May 2 -Nov. 7, 1758. Personal diary of the expedition
against Ticonderoga.
MS. copy owned by Essex Institute.
Swift, Ann (Foster), Mrs., of Boston, dau. of Capt. Hopestill
and Sarah (Allen) Foster, b. Oct. 3, 1729 ; m. Oct. 5, 1757, Samuel
Swift ; d. May 8, 1788.
Diary: May 6, 1758-1775 (dates of extracts). "She was in the
habit of writing out her thoughts on the sermons she he^rd preached
and she often wrote on passing events as — on the frequenting the
tavern Saturday nights ; on Lisbon being shaken by an earthquake
Nov. 1, 1755, on the taking of Quebec, 1759, &c."
MS. owned in 1890 by David W. Foster of Boston. Cited in
"Memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift," Ellery, 1890.
Swift, Foster, Dr., of Taunton, Mass., s. of Samuel and Ann
(Foster) Swift, b. Jan. 20, 1760; m. Feb. 18, 1783, Deborah Delano of
Nantucket ; d. at New London, Conn., Aug. 18, 1835.
Diary: 1791, 1794, 1796 (dates of extracts) which relate mostly to
public affairs.
MS. cited in "Memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift," Ellery,
1890.
Swift, John, Rev., of Framingham, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Sarah (Clapp) Swift, b. in Milton, Mass., Mar. 14, 1679 ; m. Dec. 16,
1701, Sarah Tileston of Dorchester ; d. Apr. 24, 1745.
Diary: Dec. 30, 1716 -July 14, 1728. "Superficially examined
this diary appears to be merely a record of the texts from which the
writer preached from Sunday to Sunday, of baptisms and admissions
to the church and other ecclesiastical incidents, varied occasionally
by notices of passing events, but carefully and sympathetically
studied it is full of interest and enables us to draw many a mental
picture of the writer and his surroundings and to form an opinion of
John Swift's mind and character." 414 closely written pages.
MS. owned by Framingham Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Swift, Joseph Gardner, Gen., of Taunton, Mass., s. of Dr.
Foster and Deborah (Delano) Swift, b. in Nantucket, Dec. 31, 1783 ;
m. June 6, 1805, Louisa Margaret Walker of Wilmington, Del. ; d.
at Geneva, N. Y., July 23, 1865.
Diary: 1794 -Jan. 31, 1865. Commenced when a boy. "Memo-
randa of events and in reference to persons who have in any wise
interested me." A condensation of the diary made by himself.
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279
MS. published in "Memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift," Ellery,
1890.
Symmes, Thomas, Rev., of Boxford and Bradford, Mass., s. of
Rev. Zachariah and Susannah (Graves) Symmes, b. in Bradford, Feb.
1, 1637/8; m. (1) Elizabeth Blowers of Cambridge, (2) Hannah Pike
of Dover, Mar. 28, 1715, (3) Jan. 19, 1720/1, Mrs. Eleanor (Thomp-
son) Moody of Dedham ; d. Oct. 6, 1725.
Diary : (1) 1696 - 1774. The entries are mainly in his hand but
are continued by others. It contains many interesting contemporary
memoranda, family records, &c.
Diary: (2) 1707, 1709, 1723 (dates of extracts). Religious medi-
tations, items of church history.
MSS. (1) owned by C. F. Libbie & Co. Extracts published in
"Hist, of Boxford," Perley, Salem. Also in Memorative account of
Rev. Thos. Symmes, Boston, 1726.
Tate, Joseph, Master, of Somersworth (now Rollinsford), N. H.,
s. of and (Bird) Tate, b. in England ; m. Elizabeth Saunders.
Diary : Mar. 26, 1767 - 1778, with some prior dates. "A narrative
of events." Contains a list of births, marriages and deaths. Also
fires, recipes, bits of verse, executions, anecdotes, raisings, &c. "The
most extensive and reliable record existing of the families of old
Somersworth of his time."
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, given by Rev. Daniel Rollins.
They also have a typewritten copy. Unpublished.
Taylor, Edward, Rev., of Westfield, Mass., b. in Leicestershire,
Eng. in 1642 ; m. (1) 1674, Elizabeth Fitch of Norwich, Conn., (2)
1692, Ruth Wyllis of Hartford ; d. June 14, 1729.
Diary : Apr. 26 - July 23, 1668. He gives an account of his trip
from England ; the weather, meals, observations of the sea, &c.
After July 1668 it is continued as a kind of narrative for several
years. "It is an interesting study of an old time pedagogue who was
a vigorous advocate for Oliver Cromwell and enemy of monarchy,
and who ministered to the physical as well as the spiritual ills of his
people as the town physician while upholding the dignity and learn-
ing of the scholar."
MS. owned by Henry Willis Taylor, Clinton, N. Y. Published in
Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Vol. 18, p. 5.
Thacher, James, Dr., of Barnstable and Plymouth, Mass., s. of
John and Content (Norton) Thacher, b. Feb. 4, 1754 ; m. Apr. 28,
1785, Susanna Hay ward, of Bridgewater ; d. May 28, 1844.
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Diary : 1775 - 1783. "Military Journal during the American Rev-
olutionary War . . . describing interesting events and transactions
of this period with numerous historical facts and anecdotes from the
original manuscript." He was surgeon in 1775, at Cambridge ; in
1776 in the northern campaign in Asa Whitcomb's Reg. ; in 1778 in
Gibson's Virginia Reg. ; in 1779 in Henry Jackson's Reg. ; and in
Scammell's infantry during the Yorktown campaign.
Thacher, Peter, Rev., of Milton, Mass., s. of Thomas and Eliz-
abeth (Partridge) Thacher, b. at Salem, July 18, 1651 ; m. (1) Nov.
21, 1677, Theodora Oxenbridge, (2) 1699, Mrs. Susanna Bailey, (3)
Sept. 1727, Elizabeth (Thacher) Gee ; d. Dec. 16, 1727.
Diary : Jan. 2, 1679 - Feb. 27, 1681, Mar. 1, 1682 - Feb. 27, 1698/9.
Largely of personal matters and the affairs of the town. Short en-
tries with mention of many people. Written partly in cypher.
MS. owned by Dr. Chas. T. Hubbard, Taunton, Mass. Published
with a few omissions in app. to Hist, of Milton. Also in Walker's
"Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism," pp. 417-419.
Thacher, Peter, Rev., of Maiden, and Boston, s. of Oxenbridge*
Jr., and Sarah (Kent) Thacher, b. at Milton, Mar. 10, 1751/2 ; m.
Oct. 8, 1770, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hawks) Poole of Chelsea ; d. in Georgia,
Dec. 16, 1802.
Diary: (1) Apr. 13 -July 3, 1764; (2) Jan. -Dec. 1773, Sept. 1,
1780 -May 31, 1781, May 1, 1784 -Sept. 15, 1785, Sept. 1, 1797-
Aug. 1, 1799; (3) Jan. 1772 -Feb. 15, 1773, Aug. 11, 1793-
July 9, 1795, Sept. 8, 1797 - Oct. 7. 1798. "The entries are all such
as a minister would write about preaching sermons here and there,
studying, calling on his parishioners, occasional baptisms, and ac-
counts of his travels, as well as occasional mention of events."
MSS. (1) owned by Mrs. Mary W. Parkinson, So. Lincoln, Mass.
(2) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. (3) copies owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
The original MS., 1793 to 1795, by Mr. William Stevens, Somerville,
Mass. Extracts published in Maiden Hist. Soc. Vol. T, p. 38.
Thaxter, Joseph, Rev., of Edgartown, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Mary (Leavitt) Thaxter of Hingham, b. Apr. 23, 1744; m. (1) Molly
Allen, (2) Ann Smith, July 14, 1803 ; d. July 18, 1827.
Diary : 1780 - 1827. A death diary.
MS. owned by Miss Dora L. Peakes, Edgartown,
Thayer, Simeon, Capt., of Providence, R. I. and Killingly, Conn.,
s. of David and Jane (Keith) Thayer, b. at Mendon, Mass., Apr. 30,,
1737; m. (1) Huldah Jackson, 1761, (2) Mrs. May Tourtelotte, (3)
Mrs. (Jackson) Angell; d. Oct. 14, 1800.
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281
Diary: Sept. 11, 1775 -Aug. 12, 1776. "The Invasion of Canada
in 1775 including the Journal of Capt. Simeon Thayer describing the
Perils and Sufferings of the army under Col. Benedict Arnold."
"The Journal of Capt. Simeon Thayer makes no pretension to
literary merit. It was written doubtless to keep fresh in the memory
of the author the facts of his personal experience during his march
through the wilderness to Quebec as well as of his confinement while
prisoner of war without expectation of its ever appearing in print."
MS. published in Vol. 6 of the Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Colls.,
1867. Extracts in Cowell's "Spirit of 76 in Rhode Island."
Thomas, Isaiah, of Worcester, Mass., s. of Moses and Fidelity
(Grant) Thomas, b. in Boston, Jan. 19, 1749; m. (1) Dec. 25,
1769, Mary Dill, (2) Mrs. Mary Thomas Fowle, (3) Aug. 10, 1819,
Rebecca Armstrong of Roxbury ; d. Apr. 4, 1831.
Diary : (1) 1766. A pocket memorandum kept from the time he
left Boston until he worked in Portsmouth.
Diary: (2) 1796-1828. Interleaved almanacs. A picture of his
own social and domestic life ; a narrative of local affairs, journeys
in the New England states and notices of clubs and societies to which
he belonged.
MSS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Published in Am. Antiq. Soc.
Trans., Vols. 9 and 10.
Thomas, John, Dr., of Kingston, Mass., s. of John and Lydia
(Watson) Thomas, b. at Marshfield, 1724 ; m. Hannah Thomas of
Plymouth ; d. in Canada, June 5, 1776.
Diary : (1) March 30, 1747- Jan. 11, 1747/8. "His book or Jurnal
whilst he was at Annapolis Royall or on board ye Ordinance Packet,
Capt. George Giddings, Commander."
Diary: (2) Apr. 9 -Dec. 31, 1755. He was surgeon in Gen. Win-
slow's expedition for the removal of the Acadians. "The story of
the expedition which the verse of Longfellow has immortalized will
nowhere be found so fully and minutely told as in the diaries of
those two Massachusetts officers, Winslow and Thomas."
MSS. (1) owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. (2) Published in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1879.
Thomas, William, of Lancaster, Mass., s. of William and Lydia
(Eagre) Thomas, b. Mar. 30, 1725; m. (1) 1765, Azubah Goodale
of Grafton, (2) Esther Whitney; d. 1810.
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Diary: Jan. 11, 1768 -Dec. 1769. Four months in 1769 are
missing. There are a few entries for 1777, 1780 and 1781. Alma-
nacs for 1768 and 1769. Principally entries of his work, the weather,
the deaths and burials of his neighbors and local news. Short
entries.
MS. published in Essex Institute Hist. Colls., Vol. 14, p. 257.
Thompson, Benjamin, Count Rumford, of Woburn, Mass., Con-
cord, N. H. and Bavaria, s. of Benjamin and Ruth (Simonds) Thomp-
son, b. in Woburn, Mar. 26, 1753 ; m. (1) ab't 1772, Mrs. Sarah
(Walker) Rolfe, (2) Oct. 1805, Mme. Marie (Paulze) Lavoisier ; d. at
Auteuil, France, Aug. 21, 1814.
Diary: Oct. 27, 1769-1771. Book of various memoranda, of his
pursuits, places visited, accounts, with clever illustrations.
MS. owned by Mr. J. B. Walker, Concord, N. H. Extracts in "Life
of Count Rumford," Ellis, p. 29.
Thompson, Ezekiel, of New Meadows, Topsham and Lisbon,
Maine, s. of Capt. James and Lydia (Brown) (Harris) Thompson, b.
at New Meadows, Maine, Sept. 16, 1757 ; m. Priscilla Purinton of New
Meadows, Feb. 15, 1781 ; d. at Lisbon, Maine, Mar. 25, 1832.
Diary: From about 1775-1830. This is a mixture of accounts,
public and private matters, &c. "In the day book which was kept
by him were found many things of historical interest relating to the
Thompson and Purinton families."
MS. owned by Miss Sarah A. Thompson of Topsham. Published
in "Thompson Genealogy" by Mr. Chas. N. Sinnett.
Thompson, James, Capt., of New Meadows, Brunswick, Me., s,
of James and Elizabeth (Frye) Thompson, b. Feb. 22, 1707, at Kittery ;
m. (1) Apr. 13, 1732, Reliance Hinckley, (2) Dec. 13, 1751, Mrs.
Lydia (Brown) Harris of Ipswich, (3) Mar. 22, 1764, Mary Higgins ;
d. Sept. 22, 1791.
Diary: 1737 - 1745. Family and local matters, accounts, &c.
MS. owned by Miss Sarah A. Thompson of Topsham, Me. Ex-
tracts published in "Thompson Genealogy," Sinnett.
Thompson, Samuel, Lieut., of Woburn, Mass., s. of Samuel and j
Ruth (Wright) Thompson, b. Oct. 30, 1731 ; m. (1) May 15, 1753,
Abigail Tidd, (2) Feb. 26, 1770, Lydia Jones of Concord, (3) Oct. 22,
1789, Esther Wyman ; d. Aug. 17, 1820.
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283
Diary: (1) 1755-1814. "Previous to 1782 the items are in the nature
of scattered memoranda relating to the most important events in the
writer's experience. But beginning with 1782 the items are a daily
record kept up with continuous regularity until 1814 according to
the strength of the diarist. It contains accounts of the weather,
who preached on the Lord's Days, and a record of many local events,
farming procedure, and a list of those who died in the parish and
where they were buried."
Diary : (2) May 24 - Nov. 6, 1758. Kept on an expedition against
the French at Lake George. This was burned in the Woburn fire in
1873.
MSS. (1) owned by Woburn Public Library. (2) published in part
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1880. Also in app. to "History of
Woburn," Sewall, and in Hurd's Middlesex, Vol. I, p. 399.
Thompson, Thomas W., of Franklin, N. H., s. of Thomas and
Isabella (White) Thompson, b. in Boston, Mar. 10, 1766; m. Dec. 25,
1796, Elizabeth Porter ; d. at Plymouth, N. H., Sept. 2, 1834.
Diary : Jan. 25 - Mar. 8, 1787. In the form of letters to Rev. John
Andrews ; thirty-six closely written pages recording his experiences,
from his departure from Boston, as a member of Craft's Corps of
Horse during Shay's rebellion, until his return home. Describes the
march with many interesting details.
MS. sold by C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston. Unpublished.
Thurston, Edward, Jr., of Newport, R. L, s. of Edward and Eliza-
beth (Norton) Thurston, b. Jan. 12, 1729 ; m. Mary Fourtane, June
17, 1764 ; d. in New York, June, 1782.
Diary : 1772. Almanac, personal and public matters ; the burning
of the "Gaspee."
MS. extracts published in Newport Hist. Mag., Vol. I, p. 125.
Tileston, John, of Boston, Mass., s. of John and Rebeccah
(Fowle) Tileston, b. in Boston, Feb. 27, 1735 ; m. Lydia Coffin, Oct.
23, 1760; d. Oct. 13, 1826.
Diary : Sept. 15, 1761 - Nov. 20, 1766. A very meagre diary.
MS. published in Boston, 1887, edited by D. C. Colesworthy.
Tillinghast, Samuel, of Warwick, R. I., s. of Joseph and Freelove
(Stafford) (Greene) Tillinghast, b. Oct. 8, 1711 ; m. Deborah Greene
of Newport ; d. in East Greenwich, 1787.
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Diary: Jan. 6, 1757 -July 29, 1758. Many marriages, deaths,
burials, accidents. Often gives relationships, also his personal doings.
He was a merchant.
MS. owned by the Mayflower Society. Copy by Rhode Island
Hist. Soc.
Tinkham, Seth, Sergt., of Middleborough, Mass.
Diary: May 29 -Sept. 7, 1758. A journal of the march of Col.
Thomas Doty's regiment to Lake George and Ticonderoga. "Many
items of historic interest" with a list of the officers. Describes the
battle of Lake George.
MS. published in History of Plymouth County. Also in the
"Pierce Family," E. W. Pierce, 1870, p. 119.
Tolman, Ebenezer, of Fitzwilliam, N. H., s. of Henry and Mary
(Slack) Tolman, b. in Attleborough, Mass., May 31, 1748 ; m. Mary
Clark of Townsend, 1781 ; d. Dec. 27, 1838 at Nelson, N. H.
Diary : Sept. 13, 1775 - Sept. 6, 1776. This diary is almost iden-
tical with that of Joseph Ware and the one called Ebenezer Wild. It
also bears a close resemblance to the one kept by Sergeant McCoy.
See Justin H. Smith in "Arnold's March" for his opinion regarding
these four similar journals of Arnold's March to Quebec.
MS. copy owned by the Tolman family. Unpublished.
Topham, John, Capt., of Newport, R. L, of Major Forrester's Co.,
Col. Church's Regt, s. of John and Ann Topham, bapt. in Newport,
Sept. 18, 1743 ; m. June 20, 1769, Ann Tew ; d. at Newport, Sept. 26,
1793.
Diary : Sept. 19, 1775 - Jan. 24, 1776. Of the expedition to Quebec
with Arnold* A story of their sufferings in the wilderness in Maine
and his life as a prisoner in Quebec.
MS. owned by Col. Geo. L. Shepley, Providence, R. I. Copy in
Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Also Newport Hist. Soc. Published in
"Newport Mercury," 1897, and in "Sons of Revolution of R. I.," 1902.
Toucey, Thomas, Rev., of Newtown, Conn., s. of Thomas Toucey,
b. in Wethersfield, Conn., 1688 ; m. Nov. 12, 1717, Hannah Clark of
Milford, Conn. ; d. Sept. 14, 1777.
Diary : 1712 until his death in 1777. Account book with diary en-
tries. He was also a physician and many of the entries relate to his
practice.
MS. owned by Mr. Theron Piatt, Newtown, Conn.
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285
Towle, Philip, of Hampton, N. H., s. of Philip and Lydia (Dow)
Towle, b. Oct. 20, 1737 ; m. Dec. 15, 1763, Anna Page ; d. Mar. 19,
1798.
Diary : 1770, 1787 (dates of extracts). Deaths, accidents, comets,
&c.
MS. a few extracts in "History of Hampton," Dow.
Town, Zaccheus, of Sutton, Mass., s. of Edmund and Hannah
(Sparhawk) Town, b. at Oxford, Mass., Feb. 20, 1757.
Diary : Mar. 17, 1776 - Feb. 23, 1777. He was in Capt. Isaac Bol-
ster's Co., Col. Ebenezer Learned's Regiment (4th Mass. Continental
Line.) Begins with the evacuation of Boston, goes to New York and
New Jersey. Is in the battle of White Plains. Ends with his return
home.
MS. owned by Mr. Edward Francis Coffin, Woodland St., Worces-
ter. Unpublished.
Townsend, Jonathan, Rev., of Needham, Mass., s. of Jonathan
and Elizabeth (Walton) Townsend, b. Jan. 1, 1697 ; m. May 26, 1720,
Mary Sugars ; d. Sept. 30, 1762.
Diary : (1) 1728. Interleaved almanac. Weather for each day,
notes of minutes for preaching and some personal and public entries.
Diary: (2) 1716, 1717, 1730, 1737, 1752, 1754, 1758, 1760 & 1761.
Fragments of the diaries for these years pasted in the "Family Ex-
pense" book of Gregory Townsend of Halifax, N. J.
MSS. (1) formerly owned by Mr. Geo. D. Smith, *547 Fifth Ave.,
N. Y., Jan. 1916. (2) by Dedham Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Tread well, John, Rev., of Salem, Mass., s. of John and Hannah
(Bordman) Treadwell, b. in Ipswich, Sept. 20, 1738 ; m. (1) Mehitable
Dexter of Topsfield, Sept. 15, 1763, (2) Dorothy Goodhue, int. June
21, 1787; d. Jan. 5, 1811.
Diary : (1) 1779. Interleaved almanac, with short scattered en-
tries. List of deaths, &c.
Diary : (2) 1772. Interleaved almanac, probably kept by him.
MSS. (1) owned by Essex Institute, Salem. (2) extracts published
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., July, 1883, p. 306, contributed by D. P. Corey.
Treat, Samuel, Capt., of Boston, Mass., s. of John and Abigail
(Hartt) Treat, b. 1750 ; m. (1) pub. Mar. 16, 1779, Elizabeth Brewer,
(2) June 20, 1790, Ann May, (3) pub. Dec. 29, 1800, Helena Merlino
deSt. Pry; d. May 1, 1806.
286
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary : Nov. 15, 1782 - June 13, 1783. Kept when he was stationed
at Castle Island, notes the arrival of ships, the landing of officers,
his duties about the harbor, &c.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library given by Mr. John H.
Treat. Unpublished.
Tripp, John, Rev., of Hebron, Me., s. of Jesse and Experience
(Delano) Tripp, b. in Fairhaven, Mass., Mar. 25, 1761 ; m. Sept. 2,
1784, Jedidah Smith of Edgartown ; d. Sept. 16, 1847.
Diary : July 21, 1789 - Apr. 15, 1815 (date of extracts). Kept dur-
ing his entire public life, trips and mission to Boston, Cape Cod, Al-
bany, &c. Baptisms, deaths and marriages, natural phenomena, &c.
MS. owned by Library of Colby University. Extracts published
in Me. Hist. Soc. Colls., 2 Ser., Vol. 3, p. 165.
Trott, John, Sergt., of Dorchester, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Abigail Trott, b. in Roxbury, Jan. 17, 1703/4; m. Mary Chamberlain
of Roxbury, Jan. 23, 1733/4.
Diary : March 25 - Apr. 25, 1747. Scouting expedition on the Roy-
al River.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 134. Unpublished.
True, Henry, Capt., of Salisbury, Mass, s. of Henry and Israel
(Pike) True of Salem, b. Mar. 8, 1644/5 ; m. Jane Bradbury, Mar.
15, 1667/8 ; d. 1735.
Diary: Oct. 29, 1696 - June 11, 1719. A leather bound book of
eighty-eight closely written pages. A military diary and account
book. He was in command of the local forces against the Indians.
MS. owned by New York Public Library. Unpublished.
True, Henry, Rev., of Hampstead, N. H., Chaplain in N. H. regi-
ment, s. of Jabez and Sarah (Tappan) True of Salisbury, Mass., b.
Feb. 27, 1726; m. Ruth -; d. May 22, 1782.
Diary : (1) June 1 - Oct. 18, 1759. Kept in Latin till July 21, after
that date about half in Latin. He goes to Ticonderoga, Fort Edward,
Caughnawaga, &c.
Diary : (2) June 29 - Oct. 16, 1762. Of the expedition of 1762. He
spends most of his time at Crown Point, visits the hospital nearly
every day.
MSS. owned by Henry True, Marion, Ohio. Published in Marion,
O., 1900.
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287
Trumbull, Benjamin, Rev., of North Haven, Conn., Chaplain of
Gen. Wooster's regiment in the Northern department, s. of Benjamin
and Mary (Brown) Trumbull of Hebron, Conn., b. Dec. 19, 1735; m.
Martha Phelps of Hebron, Conn., Dec. 4, 1760 ; d. Feb. 2, 1820.
Diary : (1) July 26 - Nov. 18, 1775. "A concise Journal or minutes
of the principal movements Towards St. John's, of the Siege and Sur-
render of the Forts there in 1775." Gives the articles of capitulation,
also lists of officers taken.
Diary : (2) July 15, 1776 - Nov. 28, 1777. Of the Campaign in
New York.
Diary : (3) Jan. 14 - Feb. 3, 1777. Of the expedition with his vol-
unteers, also in the vicinity of New York. He was at the battles of
Long Island and White Plains.
MSS. owned by Conn. Historical Society. Published in Conn.
Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. 7.
Trumbull, John, of Lebanon, Conn., s. of Jonathan and Faith
(Robinson) Trumbull, b. at Lebanon, June 6, 1756 ; m. about 1800,
Sarah Hope ; d. at New York, Nov. 10, 1843.
Diary : Aug. 6 - Oct. 6, 1786. Journal of a visit made to France,
Germany and Flanders recording his impressions, especially of paint-
ings and artists.
MS. published in "Reminiscences of His Own Time," by Col. J.
Trumbull, New Haven, 1841.
Trumbull, Jonathan, Gov., of Lebanon, Conn., s. of Capt. Joseph
and Hannah (Higley) Trumbull, b. Oct. 12, 1710 at Lebanon ; m.
Faith Robinson, Dec. 9, 1735 ; d. Aug. 17, 1785.
Diary : (1) Oct. 16, 1771 - Nov. 7, 1774. A memorandum book
largely of law cases. Daily entries of the cases on which he was in-
terested, full of names ; some Indian cases in regard to real estate.
Diary : (2) Mar. 28 - May 5, 1779. A few pages of religious med-
itations on sermons or facts which he had heard.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. given by the heirs of Jonathan
Trumbull in 1794. Unpublished.
Trumbull, Jonathan, Col., of Lebanon, Conn., s. of Gov. Jona-
than and Faith (Robinson) Trumbull, b. Mar. 24, 1740 ; m. Mar. 26,
1767, Emma Backus of Norwich ; d. Aug. 7, 1809.
Diary : Aug. 12 - Nov. 27, 1781. "Journal of occurences from Aug.
12 to Siege of York in Virginia, and return to Phila., Nov. 1781."
Trumbull at this time was military secretary and aide-de-camp to
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Washington. It evidently was a pocket diary and the entries were
brief.
MS. owned by Mr. Charles Allen Munn, New York City. Unpub-
lished.
Tucker, Alice, of Newbury, Mass., dau. of Dr. John and Sarah
(Barnard) Tucker, b. in Newbury, July 30, 1751 ; unmarried ; d. Nov.
24, 1808.
Diary: Apr. 6, 1784- Jan. 11, 1791. "In the form of letters writ-
ten to a friend in Dorchester formerly resident in Newbury. Gives
the rather meagre and seldom exciting news of the sparsely settled
town, but is in the main a picture of the quiet life in a country par-
sonage."
MS. owned by Miss Lucy M. Prince, Boston, Mass. Copy by Rev.
Charles L. Hutchins of Concord, Mass. Unpublished.
Tucker, John, Rev., of Newbury, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Alice
(Davis) Tucker, b. in Amesbury, Sept. 19, 1719 ; m. int. Aug. 27,
1747, Sarah Barnard of Andover ; d. in Newbury, Mar. 22, 1792.
Diary: 1752, 1758, 1759, 1761, 1763, 1766, 1768, 1770, 1773, 1775,
1779, 1782, 1786. Interleaved almanacs, containing personal data,
family expenses, ministerial acts, numbers and tests of sermons,
births, of his children, &c.
MS. owned by Rev. Charles L. Hutchins, Concord, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Tudor, John, Deacon of the Second Church in Boston, Mass., s.
of William and Mary Tudor, b. in Devonshire, England, Sept. 18,
1709; m. June 15, 1732, Jane Varney ; d. Mar. 18, 1795.
Diary : June 15, 1732 - Oct. 14, 1793. Occasional entries of per-
sonal matters and public affairs ; fires, earthquakes, Stamp Act riots,
war news, Boston Massacre, great storms, &c. "The period of over
sixty years covered by the memoranda was the most eventful in the
history of Boston and of the Commonwealth."
MS. owned by Mr. William Tudor, Boston. Published in Boston,
Wallace Spooner, 1896 ; edited by William Tudor.
Tu.?ts, Cotton, Dr., of Weymouth, Mass., s. of Simond and Abi-
gail (Smith) Tufts, b. at Medford, May 30, 1732 ; m. (1) Dec. 2, 1755,
Lucy Quincy, (2) Mrs. Susanna Warner of Gloucester ; d. Dec. 8,
1815.
Diary: 1758, 1763-64, 1766-78, 1782-84, 1786, 1793-94. Interleaved
almanacs. Tell of the weather and local happenings, "a rather full
diary giving a variety of interesting material."
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289
MS. owned by Mr. P. K. Foley of Boston, except the years 1769,
which is owned by the Am. Antiq. Soc, and 1772 and 1784, by the
Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in part in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., June,
1909.
Tufts, James, of New Braintree, Mass. and Wardsboro, Vt, s. of
William and Margaret (Browning) Tufts of Rutland, Mass., b. Sept.
30, 1764; m. Feb. 2, 1807, Submit Flagg Hayden of Grafton ; d. Aug.
11, 1841.
Diary : Dec. 7, 1789 until ab't 1795. A record of his daily doings
when he was teaching school in Bowentown and Greenwich, Conn,
and later when studying divinity with Dr. Emmons; also of a journey
to Saratoga.
MS. owned by Dr. James H. Tufts, Chicago. Cited in "James
Tufts," by J. H. Tufts.
Tully, Samuel, of Saybrook, Conn., s. of Elias and Mercy (Pratt)
Tully, b. May 28, 1750; m. Feb. 6, 1783, Sarah Tully ; d. Nov. 1,
1827.
Diary : July 9, 1775 - Sept. 23, 1815. War items as they came to
him, local and personal affairs.
MS. owned by Acton Library, Saybrook, Conn. Extracts in Mid-
dlesex County, Conn., Old Saybrook, pp. 458 and 467.
Twiss, Jonathan, Jr., of Bethlehem, Conn., parentage unknown.
Diary : Aug. 11 - Dec. 8, 1778. "Jurnal of his march from Bethlem
to Newlondon from thence to Boston in Rocksbury and Cambridge
and in Winter Hill in Charlestown. Rote in Winterhill Camp in
Charlestown not far from Plowd Hill." He was drummer in Capt.
Nath. Turtle's Co., Col. Chas. Webb's Reg., 22 leaves.
MS. owned by Mr. Burton Clark Patterson of New London, Conn.
Photostat copy in Conn. State Lib.
Tyley, Samuel, of Boston, Mass., s. of Samuel and Sarah Tyley
(the landlord of the Green Dragon, Boston), b. July 19, 1689; m.
Eliphall ; d. before April 1744.
Diary : Apr. 1731 - Feb. 1743/4. Notarial Records.
MS. owned by Boston Atheneum. Extracts published in Essex
Institute Hist. Coll., Vol. 42, p. 205.
Tyng, Eleazar, Capt., of Chelmsford, Mass. (nowTyngsborough),
s. of Col. Jonathan and Sarah (Usher) Tyng, b. Apr. 3, 1690 ; m.
Sarah Alford ; d. May 21, 1782.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary : Mar. 30 - Apr. 29, 1725. Scout journal of Lovewell's War.
At Penicook.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A. Published in Granite Monthly,
Vol. 15, p. 183.
Vail, Christopher, of Norwich, Conn., s. of Jeremiah and Caro-
line (Moore) Vail, b. at Southold, May 7, 1758 ; m. Mary Ann Everett ;
d. at Norwich, May 27, 1846.
Diary : July 5 - Sept. 6, 1775. He served in regiment of James
Clinton, goes to Ticonderoga, then to Connecticut, description of the
battle of Fort Griswold. Called extracts from his journal but seems
more of a narrative.
MS. extracts in Sparks' Manuscripts. Unpublished.
Vaill, Joseph, Rev., of Hadlyme, Conn., s. of Joseph and Jerusha
(Peck) Vaill, b. in Litchfield, Conn., July 14, 1751 ; m. Oct. 12, 1780,
Sarah Fowler of East Haddam ; d. Nov. 21, 1838. ■
Diary : Nov. 8, 1778 - Dec. 17, 1823 (dates of extracts). "As the
infirmities of age increased upon him Mr. Vaill made less copious
and less frequent entries in his journal, yet it was continued down
nearly to the time of his death and affords abundant evidence
of maturity in christian experience and increasing meetness for
heaven."
MS. extracts published in "Memoir of Rev. Joseph Vaill," by Rev.
Isaac Parsons, 1839.
Vail, Thomas, Lieut., of Oyster Point, L. I., Lebanon, Conn, and
Pomfret, Vt., s. of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Youngs) Vail, b. Aug. 18,
1734 ; m. Apr. 12, 1759, Hannah Brown of Long Island ; d. between
Sept. 5 and Nov. 1806.
Diary : May 20, 1760 - May 3, 1800. A pocket memorandum book
containing his transactions with his neighbors, also records of men
in his company when he was serving under Capt. Israel Horton, Col.
Woodhull and Gen. Amherst in 1760. A few deaths of soldiers.
Later, from 1769, it is a farmer's diary.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry H. Vail, 73 Brusk Hill Rd., Milton, Mass.
MS. copy by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Valentine, John, of Boston, Mass., s. of Thomas and ( ) Val-
entine, of Frankfort, Ireland, m. Apr. 16, 1702, Mary Lynde of
Boston.
Diary : Jan. 10, 1711 - June 6, 1712. Notarial Records.
MS. owned by Boston Atheneum. Unpublished.
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291
Varnum, John, of Dracut, Mass., s. of John and Dorothy (Pres-
cott) Varnum, b. Feb. 7, 1704/5 ; m. July 15,1730, Phebe Parker; d.
July 26, 1785.
Diary: 1777-1782 (dates of extracts). Personal and social mat-
ters, names of those going into the army, general affairs, much war
news.
MS. cited in "Varnum Genealogy," pp. 54-64, 81, 84, 191 and in
"History of Dracut," p. 327.
Vaudreuil, Rigaud, de, of Three Rivers, Canada, s. of Marquis
Phillippe and Elizabeth (Joybert de Soulange) de Vaudreuil, b. in
Montreal, Feb. 8, 1704; d. in France after 1770.
Diary : Aug. 3, 1746. Covers the same period as that of Rev. John
Norton, describing the attack on Fort Massachusetts and the part
that the French and Indians had in it. "Presente a Monseigneur le
Comte de Maurepas, Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat."
MS. cited in "Half Century of Conflict," Parkman, Vol. II, pp. 252-
267.
L- Vaughan, Samuel, of Philadelphia, Pa. and perhaps sometime of
Boston, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Ann (Wolf) Vaughan, b. Apr. 23,
1720, in London, England ; m. Sarah Hallowell of Boston, Feb. 1,
1747 ; d. Dec. 1802, at Hackney, England.
Diary : June 18 - Sept. 4, 1787. An account of a journey made by
him on horseback through Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
when he went to visit Washington at Mt. Vernon. He owned a large
tract of land on the Kennebec.
MS. owned by Mr. Benjamin Vaughan of Cambridge. Unpublished.
Vaughan, William, Major, of Portsmonth, N. H., s. of George
and Mary (Boxall) Vaughan, bapt. Jan. 3, 1640/1; m. Dec. 8, 1668,
Margaret Cutt of Portsmouth ; d. Nov. 13, 1719.
Diary : Feb. 4 - Apr. 17, 1683/4. Also entries for May 10-12. Of
his imprisonment in the Province jail at Great Island (now Newcastle)
for non-compliance with the arbitrary measures of Gov. Cranfield.
Embodied in a letter to Hon. Nathaniel Weare. Long, nearly daily
entries.
MS. in Provincial Papers of N. H., Vol. I, pp. 1623-86. English
Colonial Rec. London. Published in the "Vaughan Family," by Geo.
E. Hodgdon, N. Y., 1918, p. 75.
Vernon, Thomas, of Newport, R. I., Royal Postmaster, s. of Sam-
uel and Elizabeth (Fleet) Vernon, b. May 31, 1718 ; m. (1) Sept. 9,
1741, Jane Brown, (2) May 20, 1766, Mary Mears; d. May 1, 1784.
292
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Diary : June 20 - Oct. 8, 1776. "The Diary gives us a picture of
life in one of the inland towns of the State during the Revolutionary
period ; the families, the men and the opinions are more or less re-
ferred to and thus a unique, curious and hitherto unwritten chapter
of Rhode Island history is presented. Thomas Vernon was a tory
and was banished from Newport to Gloucester, R. I.
MS. owned by Newport Historical Society. Published in R. I. Hist.
Tracts, No. 13, 1881 ; also privately printed by Thomas Vernon, Esq.
of New York.
Vetch, Samuel, Gov., of Boston and Nova Scotia, s. of William
and Marion (Fairlie) Vetch of England and Holland, b. near Edinburgh,
Dec. 6, 1668 ; m. Dec. 20, 1700, Margaret Livingstone of New York ;
d. in London, Apr. 30, 1732.
Diary: July 30 - Oct. 20, 1711. Of the expedition from Boston to
Quebec in the fleet under command of Sir Hovenden Walker.
MS. owned by Public Record Office, London. Copy in Nova Scotia
Archives. Also copy owned by Mass. Hist. Society, among Gay
Papers. Published in Nova Scotia Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. IV.
Villebon, de, s. of Charles Lemoine, d. July 5, 1700.
Diary : May and Aug. 1690, Sept. 15, 1693 - Sept. 8, 1694, July 22 -
Sept. 5, 1695, Oct. 4, 1695 - Sept. 27, 1696, Oct. 1, 1696 - Oct. 1, 1697,
Oct. 3, 1697 - Oct. 3, 1698. Kept in Acadia when the New England
troops were there. Of great interest giving the "etat present de la
Nouv. Angleterre." He was commander of the French settlement on
the St. John River. Has dealings with the government at Boston,
&c.
Villieu, Sieur Sebastien de, of Pentagoet.
Diary: May 1-Aug. 26, 1694. An account of the raid upon the
New England frontier in an effort to drive the English from their
Eastern frontier and regain the territory for the French. Describes
the destruction of Durham, N. H. The Wapanakis were with the
French.
MS. copy owned by Parliamentary Library, Ottawa, Canada. The
original MS. is in Paris. A detailed review in Acadiensis, Vol. II, p.
255.
Vose, Joseph, Lieut. - Colonel, of Milton, Mass., s. of Elijah and
Sarah (Bant) Vose, b. at Milton, Nov. 26, 1738 ; m. Sarah Howe, Dec.
27, 1761 ; d. May 22, 1816.
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Diary: Apr. 26, 1776- July 2, 1776. "This journal is in the form
of a letter written by Col. Vose to his wife at Milton and evidently is
as its opening sentence declares 'A Memorandum Drew from ye
minutes I took Daily.' Kept on the expedition sent by way of the
Hudson River and Lake Champlain into Canada to reinforce the
troops that had been sent there in 1775 under the command of Gen'l
Montgomery and Gen'l Thomas."
MS. owned by Mrs. William Brewster of Cambridge. Mass. Pub-
lished in Pub. of Colonial Society of Mass., 1901, with notes by Henry
W. Cunningham.
Vose, Hannah, of Milton, Mass., dau. of Thomas and Patience
(Billings) Vose, b. July 13, 1756 ; unmarried ; d. May 25, 1818.
Diary : Sept. 16, 1766 - Jan. 1815. "For forty years she kept a re-
cord of the Sabbath services at the Milton church, including all
preachers, texts, additions, baptisms and other items of great value
and interest in our day." — Milton History.
MS. owned by Mrs. Lydia B. Taft, Milton, Mass. Vital statistics
from it are included in the Milton printed records.
Wadsworth, Benjamin, President of Harvard College, s. of Capt.
Samuel and Abigail (Lindall) Wadsworth, b. at Milton, Feb. 28, 1669/
70 ; m. 1696, Ruth Boardman ; d. Mar. 16, 1737.
Diary : (1) Jan. 19, 1692/3 - Feb. 3, 1737. "The books contain the
the names of more than fifty persons who boarded in his family for
longer or shorter periods, mostly boys in school or in college. . . .
Besides the accounts kept with these boarders are entered the dates
of about thirty clerical ordinations and several items of personal his-
tory." It also includes a journal of a tour when he went with the
Commissioners of Massachusetts to treat with the Five Nations.
Diary : (2) Relates to College affairs especially commencements,
matters of discipline, with some personal items.
MSS. (1) Aug. 6 - Aug. 31, 1694, owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Pub-
lished in part in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th Ser., Vol. 1, p. 102. (2)
owned by Harvard College.
Wadsworth, Benjamin, Rev., of Danvers, Mass., s. of Benjamin
and Esther (Tucker) Wadsworth, b. in Milton, July 18, 1750; m. (1)
Feb. 2, 1775, Mary Hobson of Rowley, (2) int. Jan. 14, 1804, Mary
Carnes of Boston ; d. Jan. 18, 1826.
Diary : 1772-75, 1777, 1780, 1783, 1785, 1791, 1795, 1798, 1799,
1804-6, 1808, 1809, 1814, 1816-21, 1824, 1825. Kept in almanacs.
Gives a good running comment on the writer's doings.
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MS. transcripts from the original almanacs owned by Mass. Hist.
Soc. Unpublished.
Wadsworth, Daniel, Rev., of Hartford, Conn., b. at Farmington,
Nov. 14, 1704; m. Feb. 28, 1734, Abigail Talcott; d. Nov. 12, 1747.
Diary : (1) Nov. 15, 1728 - Apr. 23, 1729. Kept while he was study-
ing theology in Farmington.
Diary: (2) May 5, 1737 -Feb. 16, 1747. "The diary is essentially
a dry, prosaic and commonplace one. The writer of it was all his
life a valetudinarian and apparently at no time a man of keenness
of observance or pungency of expression." The two important
events which he chronicles are the building of a new church and
"The Great Awakening."
MSS. both owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. (1) cited in published
diary, p. 7, (2) published in Hartford, 1894.
Wadsworth, Joseph Bissell, Dr., of East Windsor, Conn., s. of
Capt. Joseph and Jerusha (Bissell) Wadsworth, bapt. at Windsor,
Conn., May 24, 1747; m. Roxanna Allyn of Windsor about 1772; d.
at East Windsor, Mar. 12, 1784.
Diary : Jan. 20 - Sept. 13, 1766. Kept during his senior year at
Yale. Deals mainly with current college news.
MS. owned in 1868 by Rev. John G. Baird. Extracts published in
"Yale College Courant," for Sept. 12, 1868 and in "Alumni Weekly."
for June 17, 1896.
Wainwright, John, of Haverhill, Mass., s. of Simeon and Ann
Wainwright, b. Oct. 30, 1690 in Haverhill; m. Hannah Redford be-
fore 1713 ; d. Oct. 4, 1721.
Diary : May 10, 1726 - May 21, 1726. Journal kept for the com-
mittee appointed in Haverhill to lay out the lands in Penacook.
MS. extracts published in Mirick's "History of Haverhill," 1832.
Also in "History of Concord," by Nathaniel Bouton, p. 64.
Walderne, Richard, Major, of Dover, N. H., s. of William and
Catherine (Ravell) Walderne, bapt. at Alcester, Warwickshire, Jan. 6,
1615, m. (1) in England, (2) Anne Scammon ; killed by Indians, June
27, 1689.
Diary: Feb. 17, 1676/7 -Mar. 11, 1677. An account of the ex-
pedition to Maine in King Philip's war. He goes to Arrowsick, Peme-
quid, &c.
MS. published in "History of Indian Wars," Hubbard, p. 212 - 225.
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295
Waldo, Albigence, Dr., of Pomfret, Conn., Surgeon in the Con-
tinental Army, s. of Zachariah and Abigail (Griffen) Waldo, b. in
Pomfret, Feb. 27, 1750 ; m. (1) Lydia Hurlburt of Scotland, Conn.,
Nov. 11, 1772, (2) Lucy Cargill of Pomfret, July 6, 1787: d. Jan. 29,
1794.
Diary: Nov. 10, 1777- Jan. 8, 1778. Kept at Valley Forge. A
very graphic picture of the daily life, the illnesses and extreme suf-
ferings, the food, clothes and other details of camp experiences.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Historical Society. Published in
Historical Magazine, May and June, 1861. Also in Penn. Magazine,
1897.
Walker, Benjamin, Jr., of Boston, s. <jf Benjamin and Palgrave
(Edwards) Walker, b. Jan. 24, 1679/80; d. Apr. 8, 1760.
Diary: Nov. 2, 1726- Apr. 5, 1749. Also an almanac with MS.
notes for 1745. There are entries here and there of some interest
but generally they are of a meteorological character.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. ; three folio volumes. Extracts in
Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Feb. 1884, p. 43.
Walker, Hovendon, Admiral, of Dublin, Ireland, s. of Col. Wil-
liam and Elizabeth (Chamberlin) Walker, b. ab't 1656 ; d. in Dublin,
Jan. 6, 1726.
Diary : Apr. 6 - Oct. 19, 1711, with an appendix containing orders,
&c. Of the expedition from Boston to Quebec. He claimed that his
papers and journal were destroyed in 1711 when the Edgar was
blown up on his return from the Canadian expedition. In that case
this was re-written from memory. It is however kept day by day.
MS. published in London, 1720.
L Waldron, Thomas Westbrook, Col., of Dover, N. H., s. of Rich-
ard and Elizabeth (Westbrook) Waldron, b. July 26, 1721 ; m. Con-
stant Davis before 1756 ; d. Apr. 3, 1785 aged sixty-three.
Diary: 1739. Interleaved almanac, deaths, burials, a few entries
of personal or farming matters, trials, &c.
MS. owned by Massachusetts Historical Society. Unpublished.
Walker, Abel, Col., of Charlestown, N. H., s. of Seth and Eleanor
(Chandler) Walker, b. in Groton, Mass., Apr. 20, 1734 ; m. Elizabeth
(Parker) Graves, Feb. 26, 1767; d. Mar. 11, 1815.
Diary: (1) Apr. 1, 1759 -Oct. 23, 1760. Daily occupations. Trips
to Northfleld and elsewhere. Also day books of later date.
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Diary : (2) Feb. 10 - 25, 1776. A brief record of his march to Que-
bec.
MSS. owned by Roy R. Gardner, Langdon, N. H. (2) published
in "History of Charlestown," p. 585.
Walker, James, Capt., of Bedford, N. H., s. of Andrew Walker,
b. in Ireland ; m. Esther Goffe ; d. 1786 or 1787.
Diary: June 16 • Sept. 10, 1760 (dates of extracts). Capt. Walker
was sutler in the French and Indian War under Col. John Goffe. He
goes to Crown Point and Ticonderoga.
MS. extracts published in "History of Bedford," Boston, 1851, p.
122.
Walker, Timothy, Rev., of Concord, N. H., s. of Samuel and
Judith (Howard) Walker, b. in Woburn, Mass., July 27, 1705 ; m.
Nov. 12, 1730, Sarah Burbeen of Woburn ; d. Sept. 1, 1782.
Diary: the entire years of 1746, 1764 and 1780. Fragments of
1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1757, 1765 and 1766. "For a large portion
of his life Mr. Walker kept brief diaries of current events. It is to
be regretted that most of these have perished. Three however have
been preserved entire, and fragments of six others. They afford
vivid pictures of N. H. life on the Indian frontier while the question of
English or French supremacy on this continent was being decided and
while the inestimable priveleges of independance were being
achieved."— J. B. W. .
MS. owned by Mr. Joseph B. Walker, Concord, N. H. Published
in N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. IX, p. 123, edited by Joseph B. Walker,
Esq. For 1780 in Granite Monthly, Vol. IV, p. 101.
Walker, Timothy, Judge, of Concord, N. H., s. of Rev. Timothy
and Sarah (Burbeen) Walker, b. June 26, 1737 ; m. Esther (or Susan-
nah) Burbeen of Woburn ; d. May 5, 1822.
Diary : 1757 and 1758, 1763, '64, '65 and '66. Six volumes. Short
entries of personal matters. The first two kept in interleaved Acmes'
Almanacs are quite full. The other four on ordinary paper, are
much briefer.
MS. owned by Joseph B. Walker of Concord, N. H. Extracts pub*
lished in "History of Canterbury," N. H., by J. O. Lyford, 1912.
Wallcutt, Thomas, of Boston, s. of (Marshall) Wall-
cutt, b. Aug. 16, 1758 in Boston ; unmarried ; d. June 5, 1740.
Diary: (1) May 15, 1779 - Dec. 21, 1779. Receipt book for wines
given out by him as steward of the American Hospital at Boston.
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297
Diary: (2) January 20, 1790 - Apr. 5, 1790. A journal of a trip to
Marietta, his stay there and return to Philadelphia. Rather long
entries.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Society. (2) by Massachusetts
Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Vol. 17, p. 175. Reprint,
Cambridge, with notes, 1889.
Walley, John, Major, of Bristol, Mass., s. of Rev. Thomas and
Margery Walley of London, b. in England in 1643/44 ; m. Sarah ;
d. Jan. 11, 1712, aged 68.
Diary : Sept. 23 - Oct. 12, 1690. Of the expedition against Canada.
Rather long entries and good account.
MS. given to the "Honorable Council of the Massachusetts this
27th Nov. 1690." Published in "Sir Wm. Phipps devant Quebec,"
par Ernest Myraud, Quebec, 1393, p. 37. Also in Gov. Hutchinson's
"History of Massachusetts," Vol. I.
L Walley, John, Rev., of Ipswich and Boston, s. of John andBeth-
iah (Eyre) Walley, b. Oct. 6, 1716 ; m. Elizabeth Appleton of Ipswich,
Oct. 20, 1748 ; d. Mar. 2, 1784 at Roxbury.
Diary : July 16, 1742 -Jan. 12, 1750/1. "The diary is almost
wholly concerned with the writer's so-called spiritual experiences
with occasional lapses into a statement of facts. It is full of dreary
repetitions and serves only as a monument to the man's vanity and
smug piety." — Mr. Gay.
MS. owned by Mrs. John C. Phillips, Boston, Mass. Copy by Mass.
Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
- Walley, Thomas, of Boston, Mass., s. of Hon. John and Bethia
(Eyre) Walley, b. Nov. 1, 1725; m. (1) Dec. 29, 1748, Mary Kneeland,
(2) Dec. 18, 1767, Sarah Hurd ; d. Sept. 5, 1806.
Diary: 1791, 1792, 1795. Interleaved copies of Fleet's Pocket
Almanac. Family matters, garden affairs, weather, with some
deaths.
MS. owned by Boston Athenaeum. Unpublished.
Walton, Josiah, of New Ipswich, N. H., s. of Josiah and Ruth
(Richardson) Walton of Reading, b. in Reading, Mar. 8,1736; m.
Elizabeth Woodward, May 30, 1758; d. June 21, 1831.
Diary : (1) June 30 -Oct. 21, 1755. A few entries only, only half
a page in length. Gives the names of the company that went in the
expedition to Crown Point under the command of Major Nichols.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary : (2) 1777 - 1820. Record of deaths, probably complete up
to 1797 when he removed to Temple, N. H., and kept with much
accuracy after that date.
MSS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1851.
Wansey, Henry, F. A. S., of Salisbury, England, b. in England.
Diary : Mar. 7 - July 20, 1794. "An excursion to the United States
of North America. I entered in a small paper book, queries and
memorandums of such things as I intended to enquire after ; and by
the knowledge of short hand I was enabled to make minutes as I
travelled along, in another little waste book, even while I was in the
stage, which I copied out every night," He gives a long and good
account of Boston, also of Worcester, Lancaster, Spencer, Hartford,
New Haven and a few other towns. He describes the streets, manu-
facturies, dress and food of the people. Most of the Journal is kept
in New York or Pennsylvania.
MS. published in Salisbury, England, by J. Easton, 1798.
Ward, Artemas, Gen., of Shrewsbury, Mass., s. of Col. Nahum
and Martha (Howe) Ward, b. in Shrewsbury, Nov. 27, 1727 ; m. July
31, 1750, Sarah Trowbridge of Groton ; d. Oct. 27, 1800.
Diary : May 30 - Sept. 24, 1758. A journal of the Ticonderoga
campaign.
MS. owned by Mrs. S. D. Ward of Shrewsbury. Unpublished.
Ward, Samuel, Governor, of Westerly, R. L, a delegate to the
Continental Congress, s. of Richard and Mary (Tillinghast) Ward, b.
in Newport, May 27, 1725 ; m. Anna Ray of Westerly, Dec. 20, 1745 ;
d. in Philadelphia, Mar. 26, 1776.
Diary : Aug. 30, 1774 - Mar. 13, 1776. Records the doings of Con-
gress, war news and his own political movements.
MS. published in Mag. of Am. History, Vol. 1, p. 438 and later.
Ward, Susanna (Holyoke), Mrs., of Salem, Mass., dau. of Ed-
ward Augustus and Mary (Vial) Holyoke, b. Apr. 21, 1779 in Salem ;
m. Aug. 9, 1799 Joshua Ward ; d. Feb. 5, 1860.
Diary : (1) 1793 - 1830. (2) 1831 - 1856. Interleaved almanacs.
Personal matters, town affairs, local news.
MSS. (1) owned by Mr. Robert Osgood of Salem. (2) by the late
Andrew Nichols of Hathorne, Mass. Published in "Holyoke Diaries,"
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
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299
I Ward, Thomas W., of Shrewsbury, Mass., s. of Gen. Artemas
and Sarah (Trowbridge) Ward, b. Aug. 10, 1758; m. Nov. 28, 1782,
Elizabeth Denny of Leicester ; d. Aug. 20, 1835.
Diary: (1) Mar. 1, 1784 - Dec. 31, 1785. Personal and town
matters.
Diary : (2) Jan. 23 - Feb. 5, 1787. Journal of the expedition to
Berkshire Co. to suppress Shay's Rebellion. Short entries.
MSS. both owned by the Ward family in Shrewsbury. Unpub-
lished.
Ware, Elias, of Wrentham, Mass., s. of Timothy and Mary
(Healy) Ware, b. in Wrentham, May 30, 1754 ; m. Jan. 25, 1781,
Deborah Groves; d. Jan. 29, 1841.
Diary: Apr. 20, 1775 -Sept. 7, 1778. "A few lines taken in the
time of the war of 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778 and 1779 by Elias Ware
when in the United States service." The diary consists of records
of engagements, with many interesting incidents of the army life.
He began active service Apr. 29, 1775, marching from Roxborough
under Capt. Elijah Pond of Franklin. He records five campaigns as
he expresses it with accounts of his discharges and re-enlistments.
This was evidenly written up later from an accurately kept record.
MS. owned Mrs. Mary Ware Hynson, Severn, Maryland. Unpub-
lished.
Ware, Joseph, of Needham, Mass., s. of Josiah and Dorothy (Dew-
ing) Ware, b. Oct. 15, 1753; m. Esther Smith of Needham, June 1,
1780 ; d. Nov. 12, 1805.
Diary : Sept. 13, 1775 - Sept. 6, 1776. "A journal of a March from
Cambridge on an Expedition against Quebec in Col. Benedict Arnold's
Detachment, September 13, 1775."
Short entries for each day, with a list of the men killed, wounded,
or taken prisoners at Quebec, December 31, 1775.
This is almost identical with a journal attributed to Ebenezer Wild.
Joseph Ware of Needham did not go to Quebec. Mr. J. H. Smith
thinks that both the journals were copies of one actually kept by
Ebenezer Tolman.
MS. Peter Force copy owned by Library of Congress. Published
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1852. Also by his grandson, Joseph
Ware, Boston, 1852.
Warner, Eleazar, Sergt., of Brookfield, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Mary (Swallow) Warner, b. in Dunstable, Jan. 27, 1686/7; m. Dec.
4, 1722, Prudence Barnes of Brookfield ; d. Feb. 28, 1776.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary: Apr. 13 - May 2, 1725. Of a scouting expedition near
Brookfield.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 67. Published in "History of
North Brookfield," p. 204.
Warner, Samuel, of Wilbraham, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
(Bliss) Warner, b. Oct. 14, 1708; m. Mary Gilling, July 17, 1735 (?) ;
d. at Lebanon, Conn., Sept. 10, 1783.
Diary : (1) June 5 - Nov. 28, 1759. An account of a march from
Albany to Fort Edward, Lake George and return trip. He gives the
events from day to day and also the news that comes to him of the
war in other places.
Diary : (2) Mar. 15, 1734 - Aug. 28, 1783. A record of births and
deaths in Wilbraham.
MSS. owned by the town of Wilbraham. Extracts published in
"Wilbraham Centennial," p. 208. Also in "History of Wilbraham,"
Peck, pp. 86-89.
Warren, Benjamin, Capt., of Plymouth, Mass., s. of Capt. Benj.
Warren, b. Mar. 13, 1739/40 ; d. June 10, 1825.
Diary : (1) July 21 - Oct. 16, 1777. "A journal of the Saratoga
campaign and the battle of Saratoga." He was in Col. Ichabod Al-
den's 6th Mass. Reg. "A remarkable narrative."
Diary : (2) July 24 - Nov. 23, 1778. "Remarkable narrative of the
fearful massacre led by the Tories and Indians in the American Rev-
olution." Kept at Cherry Valley.
MSS. copy owned by Harvard College Library. Published in Jour,
of Am. Hist., Vol. Ill, pp. 202 and 377.
Warren, • John, Dr., of Boston, Mass., s. of Joseph and Mary
(Stevens) Warren, b. in Roxbury, July 27, 1753 ; m. Nov. 4, 1777,
Abby Collins of Rhode Island ; d. in Boston, Apr. 4, 1815.
Diary : Apr. 19, 1775 - May 11, 1776. Was in public service in the
army during the whole time. "The following relic of a journal was
found among the papers of Dr. John Warren some years after his
death. It was in a mulitated state and much of the writing so faded
as to have become illegible. Believing it would afford an interesting
view of the feelings and impressions of the time and of the imperfect
manner in which facts now very clearly established were then under-
stood, it has been put in order and published." It gives accounts of
Lexington and Bunker Hill and news of the war in Canada and other
places.
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301
MS. published in "Genealogy of Warrens," by John C. Warren,
M. D.
Warville, Brissot de, of France, d. Oct. 31, 1793.
Diary: May 20 -Nov. 15, 1788. In the form of letters, describing
a journey through Mass., Conn., Rhode Island and some of the
southern states.
MS. published in London, 1792 and in Boston, 1797.
Washburn, John, Lieut., of Bridgewater, Mass., s. of John and
Margaret (Packard) Washburn, b. July 1, 1711 ; m. Jan. 12, 1737/8,
Bethiah Keith ; d. June 3, 1797.
Diary : 1739 - 1797. A record of burials in the South Precinct
Burying Place of Bridgewater.
MS. owned by Miss Hannah A. Washburn, Bridgewater. Includ-
ed in "Vital Records of Bridgewater."
Washington, George, President of the United States, s. of
Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington, b. at Bridges Creek, Va.,
Feb. 22, 1732 ; m. Jan. 6, 1759, Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis ; d.
Dec. 14, 1799.
Diary: Oct. 15 -Nov. 12, 1789. A journal of his trip to New Eng-
land. A rather full account of his daily progress, the manner of his
reception and the various incidents which befell him and his party.
He mentions the various taverns where he stopped and gives his
opinion of them.
MS. published in New York, 1858, also, 1860.
Waterman, Asa, of Norwich, Conn., of Major Durkee's Co., s. of
Asa and Lucy (Hyde) Waterman, b. at Norwich, Conn., May 1, 1743 ;
m. July 20, 1777, widow Anne (Cook) Sterry ; d. at Norwich.
Diary : (1) June 23 - Sept. 22, 1760. A diary of a march against
the French in Canada.
Diary : (2) Jan. 18, 1766 - Mar. 7, 1786. Shipping accounts dated
Guardalupa and Norwich.
MSS. owned by Connecticut State Library. Published in "Leaflet,"
by Wm. P. Eddy, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Watson, Elkanah, of Providence, R. I. and Pittsfield, Mass., s.
of Elkanah and Patience (Marston) Watson, b. at Plymouth, Jan. 22,
1758; m. Mar. 3, 1789, Rachel Smith of Norton; d. at Port Kent,
N. Y., Dec. 5, 1842.
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Diary: (1) 1774-1784. He was a Shaker. He marched to Lex-
ington with the Providence Cadet Co. He was apprenticed to John
Brown whom he helped rescue from prison. Made occasional trips
to the South. Went to England.
Diary : (2) May 24 - June 23, 1784. Written in the form of letters.
A trip to Holland.
MSS. owned by Mrs. Winslow C. Watson, 54 West St., Northamp-
ton, Mass. (1) extracts in "Memoirs of Elkanah Watson," in N. E.
Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 17, p. 97. Also in "Memoirs and Times of the
Revolution," by W. Watson, N. Y., 1856. (2) "Tour in Holland,"
Worcester, 1790.
Watson, Jeffrey, of North Kingston, R. L, s. of John and Han-
nah (Champlin) Watson, b. in North Kingston, Apr. 13, 1712 ; m.
Bathsheba Smith, Nov. 29, 1732; d. May 10, 1784.
Diary: Mar. 1, 1740 - Apr. 11, 1784. The copy contains seven
pages of old fashioned ruled letter paper. A few entries were made
after Jeffrey Watson's death and consist of family statistics. The
entries usually are of family visits, births, marriages, deaths, some
business matters, &c.
MS. copy owned by Mrs. Louise Prosser Bates, Oak Lawn, R. I.
Unpublished.
Weare, Nathan, Lieut., of Hampton Falls, N. H., s. of Gov.
Mesheck and Mehetable (Wainwright) Weare, b. 1747 ; d. Apr. 18,
1798.
Diary : Apr. 29 - June 13, 1777. Kept at Ticonderoga and during
the retreat ; gives the daily events of the march and his own doings.
MS. published in "History of Hampton Falls," Brown, p. 246.
Weare, Jeremiah, Jr., of York, Maine, s. of Jeremiah and Sarah
(Preble) Weare, b. June 3, 1757 ; m. May 18, 1779, Lucy Webber ;
d. Sept. 1845.
Diary: 1780, 1785, 1787, 1788, 1792, 1798. "Much valuable gen-
ealogical data are given which probably cannot easily be found else-
where, as deaths were not systematically recorded ; also the relation-
ship of deceased persons is often mentioned adding to the value of
the record." Entries not written in order but wherever there was
room for them.
MS. owned by Mrs. Calvin Hutchins of East Boston. Published
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1901, July 1909 and Jan. 1912.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
303
Webb. Samuel Blatchley. Gen., of Weathersfleld, Conn., s. of
Joseph and Mehetable (Nott) Webb, b. Dec. 15, 1753 : m. (1) Oct.
20,1779, Eliza Banker, (2) Sept. 5, 1790, Catharine Hogeboom of
Clavarack; d. Dec. 3, 1807.
Diary : (1) Mar. 1 - Mar. 10, 1776. In camp at Cambridge, fortify-
ing Dorchester, and the cannonading of Boston.
Diary : (2) June 21 - July 29, 1776. Plot of tories and general war
news. At Washington's headquarters in New York.
Diary: (3) July 4 - Dec. 1, 1777. Commences at New Haven, later
at Fort Montgomery- and ends at Staten Island.
Diary : (4) Sept. 9 - Oct. 10. 1787. At New Haven where he visits
various members of his family, to Boston and back to New York.
Diary : (5) Dec. 18 - Dec. 31, 1788. Trip from New York to Boston
and back.
MSS. owned by Dr. Wm. Seward Webb. New York. Published in
-"Correspondence and Journals of S. P. Webb," by W. C. Ford, N. Y.,
1893.
Webster, Benajah, Jr., of Vergennes and Ferrisburg, Vt., s. of
Benajah and Eunice (Strong) Webster, b. in Lebanon, Conn., Oct. 2,
1740; m. Rachel Lovell of Nashua. N. H. ; d. Feb. 8, 1791.
Diary : dates not ascertained. Kept while he was a prisoner at
Quebec in 1760. He was in Gen. Phineas Lyman's Co. Was taken
prisoner while working in his grist mill.
MS. owned by Mr. Edward Henry Webster, Ticonderoga, N. Y.
Webster, Noah, Jr., of New Haven, Conn., s. of Noah and Mercy
(Steele) Webster, b. Oct. 16, 1758; m. Oct. 26, 1789, Rebecca Green-
leaf of Boston ; d. May 28, 1843.
Diary: (1) Jan. 1, 1784 -Julv 1, 1786; (2) Julv 2, 1786- Sept. 19,
1820; (3) May 2 -Oct. 31, 1785; (4) Mar. 27, 1787 -Mar. 26, 1788;
(5) Nov. 4, 1785 -July 2, 1786. Kept in blank books. (3) (4) and
(5) are smaller diaries kept on trips to the southern states and to
New England towns. These are afterwards incorporated in (1) and
(2), the two large volumes. He calls this his "domestic journal" and
records his daily movements, dinners, public news, notices of his lit-
erary work. When on his trips he numbers the houses in the towns
and sometimes the number of blacks and whites, in southern towns.
MSS. owned by New York Public Library, given by J. Pierpont
Morgan. Unpublished.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Webster, Peletiah, of Lebanon, Conn., s. of Peletiah and Joanna
(Smith) Webster, b. at Lebanon, Nov. 24, 1725 ; m. (1) Sept. 24, 1750,
Mrs. Ruth Kellogg of Suffield, Conn., (2) Oct. 8, 1785, Rebecca Hunt ;
d. at Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 1795.
Diary : May 15 - June 29, 1765. Thirty-one pages of manuscript.
Diary of a voyage from Philadelphia to Charleston, S. C, descriptions
of the city and some of its prominent inhabitants.
MS. owned by South Carolina Hist. Soc. Published in Pub. of
South Carolina Hist. Soc, Apr. 1898.
Weeks, Joseph Wingate, Rev., of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Dr.
John and Martha (Wingate) Weeks, b. in Hampton, N. H., Feb. 12,
1738 ; m. Nov. 8, 1762, Sarah Treadwell of Portsmouth ; d. in Halifax,
N. S., 1806.
Diary: June 29, 1778 - May 22, 1779. Of a voyage from Boston
to Newport ; he was escaping to England, stays two months at New-
port, goes to New York and describes his voyage to England and his
life in London where he meets other New England loyalists.
MS. owned by Marblehead Hist. Soc. Published in Essex Inst.
Hist. Coll. for Jan., Apr. and October, 1916.
Weld, Moses, of Sturbridge, Mass., b. ab't 1722 ; m. (1) Elizabeth
, (2) July 1, 1764, Deborah Faulkner ; d. May 10, 1806.
Diary: 1759-61, 1763-65, 1767, 1769-71 and 1773. Almanac. Before
1767 with marginal notes only. After that year, they are interleaved.
Weather, nature records, deaths, births and marriages, personal mat-
ters. In 1771 and 1773 he notes all the burials in town.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Weld, Samuel, of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Samuel and Hannah
(Rogers) Weld, b. June 18, 1755 ; m. Susannah Walker ; d. in Rox-
bury, June 8, 1826.
Diary: Nov. 23, 1773 -Dec. 30, 1776. Begins with the arrival of
the tea ships of the East India Co. in Boston, and the destruction of
the tea a few weeks later. Describes the battles of Lexington and
Bunker Hill. Long and very good accounts of the public happen-
ings of the day ; also local news of Boston and vicinity, including
many deaths.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Welles, Howard, Sir, of England.
Diary : June 25 - July 29, 1711. Kept in Boston and Canada.
MS. owned by Public Record Office, London, C 05.898.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
305
Wells, Bayze, of Farmington, Conn., Sergeant under Capt. John
Sedgwick, s. of John Welles, b. at Farmington, Aug. 16, 1744 ; d. at
Valley Forge, Oct. 19, 1814.
Diary : May 10, 1775 - Feb. 1777. A march to Ticonderoga and
from there to Canada. Short entries written almost like a narrative.
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Published in Conn. Hist. Soc.
Colls., Vol. 7, p. 241.
| Wells, Edmund, Capt., of Hebron, Conn.
Diary : Apr. 28 - Nov. 18, 1757. A march from Hartford to Fort
Edward, which he reaches June 10 ; where he stays until he marches
for home Nov. 18. Mentions Indian skirmishes, with lists of the
killed and wounded. He was Captain of the 11th Co., 12th regiment.
MS. owned by N. Y. Public Library. Unpublished.
Wendell, Jacob, of Boston, Mass., s. of Johannes and Elizabeth
(Staes) Wendell, bapt. at Albany, Aug. 5, 1691 ; m. Aug. 12, 1714,
Sarah Oliver of Cambridge; d. at Boston, Sept. 7, 1761.
Diary : June 26- July 12, 1751. "A Journal of the Commissioners
of the Province of the Mass. Bay Present at an interview with the
Six Nations." This conference was held at Albany about redeeming
the captives.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 160.
West, Samuel, Rev., of Needham, Mass., s. of Rev. Thomas West
of Rochester, b. at Martha's Vineyard, Nov. 19. 1738 ; m. Feb. 23,
1769, Priscilla Plympton of Medfield ; d. Apr. 10, 1808, at Boston.
Diary: 1766, 1767, 1768, 1772, 1775, 1790. Interleaved almanacs.
Weather, funerals, personal matters, trips, etc., with a list of the
marriages he performed of Needham, Newton, Marlborough people,
most of them Needham. Late in life Dr. West prepared a manuscript
which he called "Family Anecdotes and Memoirs" which were un-
doubtedly written from the diaries and which are described as being
local, personal and religious. There are three copies of this known
to be in existence. One is owned by Mr. Nathan Rice, Worcester,
Mass., one in Charlestown, N. H. and one by the children of Mrs.
Louisa Dexter West Hubbard, of Virginia.
MS. in Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Westbrook, Thomas, Capt., of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of Thomas
Westbrook of Portsmouth; m. 1700, Mary Sherburne; d. Feb. 11,
1743.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary: May 6- June 4, 1723. He was commander of the forces in
Maine. Mentions many garrison houses in Winter Harbor, Arrow-
sick, Wells, Falmouth, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 22. Published in
"Letters of Col. Thomas Westbrook," Trask, 1901, p. 161.
Weston, Mary, of Wapping, England, dau. of Joseph and Ann
Pace, of Southwark, b. Apr. 11, 1712; m. (1) Daniel Weston, Oct.
29, 1741, (2) Jeremiah Waring, 1765; d. Oct. 9, 1766.
Diary : June 7, 1737 - Apr. 15, 1752. Travels as a Quaker preacher,
with records of meetings and condition of Quakerism in places
visited. She visits Rhode Island, Boston, Nantucket, and makes a
tour through Connecticut in 1750. "Not as interesting reading as
they might be. The excellent lady records her adventures in such a
restrained manner that she carefully omits all picturesque detail."
MS. deposited at Friend's Reference Library, Devonshire House,
London, England. Extracts published in "Eliot Papers," by Eliot
Howard, London, 1895.
Weston, Warren, of Duxbury, Mass., s. of Eliphas and Priscilla
(Peterson) Weston, b. Aug. 24, 1738 ; m. (1) Jan. 25, 1767, Mary
Bosworth, (2) Feb. 1780, Martha (Chandler) Weston ; d. 1799.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1765 -Apr. 28, 1766. His daily doing, deaths,
funerals, &c. Short entries. He seems to have been a ship carpenter.
MS. owned by Miss Florence Adrienne Muzzy. Published in
"Pilgrim Notes and Queries," Vol. 2, No. 1.
Wetmore, William, of Salem, Mass., s. of Jeremiah and Abigail
(Butler) Wetmore, b. Oct. 30, 1749 in Middletown, Conn. ; m. (1)
Nov. 5, 1776, Catherine Pynchon of Salem, (2) Oct. 8, 1782, Sally
Waldo of Falmouth, Me. ; d. Nov. 1830.
Diary : 1774 - Oct. 6, 1778. Largely war news. Scattered entries ;
only a few for each month. Kept in interleaved almanacs.
MS. owned by the late Hon. George Peabody Wetmore of New-
port, R. I. Published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. 43, p. 115.
Wheeler, Bennett, Major, of Providence, R. I., b. in Halifax,
Nova Scotia; m. Zerviah Field ; d. Apr. 1806.
Diary : 1777 and continued by his son until 1815. It "is of decided
interest to the public."
MS. owned by the family in 1898. Extracts published in R. I.
Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. 6, p. 91. Also in R. I. Hist. Soc. Pub., July,
1878.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
307
Wheeler, Ezra, of Concord, Mass., s. of Joseph and Sarah (Ball)
Wheeler of Concord, b. Dec. 3, 1717; m. Dec. 21, 1749, Rebeckah
Davis of Concord.
Diary : 1783. Bickerstaff 's almanac, interleaved, with occasional
entries, farming notes, deaths, weather, &c.
MS. owned by Mr. S. L. Munson, Albany, N. Y.
Wheeler, Jonathan, of Grafton, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Pris-
cilla (Hayward) Wheeler, b. Apr. 13, 1741 ; m. (1) Apr. 2, 1765,
Anna Rand, (2) Feb. 12, 1778, Mercy Rawson ; d. Oct. 9, 1811.
Diary: (1) Apr. 10, 1758 - Mar. 16, 1798. The extracts give items
of French and Indian war news, weather, accidents, &c.
Diary: (2) Oct. 16, 1753 -May 3, 1760. A list of deaths in
Grafton.
MSS. (1) owned in 1879 by Mr. Jonathan D. Wheeler of Grafton.
Extracts from both in "History of Grafton," Pierce, pp. 71, 73.
Wheeler, Richard, Capt., of Stonington, Conn., s. of Jonathan
and Esther (Denison) Wheeler, b. at Stonington, July 16, 1739 ; m.
Dec. 24, 1761, Silence Burrows; d. Aug. 30, 1799.
Diary : 1772 - 1776. Journal and Account book. The account
book covers the period from 1771 to 1788. "References to events
and men connected with the Revolution occur on some pages and
many references to people and affairs are found through the pages
devoted to accounts as well as in the journal."
MS. sold by Scott and O'Shaughnessy, New York, June 10, 1919.
Wheeler, Thomas, Capt., of Concord, Mass., b. in England; m.
Ruth Wood of Concord ; d. Dec. 10, 1676.
Diary : July 28 - Aug. 21, 1675. "A true Narrative of the Lord's
Providences in various dispensations towards Capt. Edward Hutchin-
son and myself and those that went with us into the Nipmuc Country
and also to Quabaug alias Brookfield."
MS. published in "History of North Brookfield," Temple, p. 80.
Wheeler, William, of Fairfield, Conn., s. of Capt. Ichabod and
Deborah (Burr) Wheeler, b. in Fairfield, July 12, 1762; m. Apr. 13,
1800, Rhoda Parrot ; d. Jan. 25, 1845.
Diary: (1) 1740 - May 1, 1814. "A journal for the Town of Fair-
field or an exact and impartial Account of the most material Trans-
actions From the first settlement thereof till the present time by
W. W." Begins with a few items for 1740 and 1741. Weather, &c.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
From 1779 he gives more detailed entries but only three days
have any reference to British attacks on the town. (April 25, July 7
and 8). From then on entries are frequent consisting of vital
statistics and news.
Diary: (2) June 15, 1839 - Jan. 28, 1845. Weather, vital statistics ;
especially deaths.
MSS. owned by Conn. State Library, Hartford, Conn. Unpub-
lished.
Wheelock, Eleazar, Rev., of Hanover, N. H., s. of Dea. Ralph
and Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock, b. in Windham, Conn., Apr. 22,
1711 ; m. (1) Mrs. Sarah (Davenport) Maltby, Apr. 1735, (2) Mary
Brinsmead of Milford, Conn ; d. Apr. 24, 1775.
Diary: (1) Oct. 19 -Nov. 16, 1741. Rather long entries of a trip
to Boston.
Diary : (2) 1771 - 1775. "Minutes and journal."
MSS. (2) owned by Dartmouth College Library. (1) Published in
Hist. Mag., 1869 and partly in Am. Quarterly, Vol. X, p. 12.
Wheelwright, Jeremiah, of Gloucester and Newburyport, Mass.,
s. of Jeremiah and ( ) Wheelwright, b. in Boston, 1732 ; m.
int. Aug. 3, 1754, Mary Davis of Gloucester.
Diary: Feb. 9, 1743 -Dec. 29, 1782. Memorabilia extracted from
interleaved almanacs. Deaths, fires, public events, ordinations.
Short items of events in the Revolution. These extracts were made
from the original before 1784 when this book was given by John
Brown, Esq. to Mary E. E. Belcher.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by Mr. Jennison of Cam-
bridge. Unpublished.
Wheelwright, Nathaniel, Major, of Boston, Mass., s. of Col.
John and Elizabeth (Green) Wheelwright, b. in Boston, Oct. 25, 1721 ;
m. Ann Apthorpe, int. Oct. 9, 1755 ; d. 1766 on the island of Guada-
loupe.
Diary : Nov. 3, 1753 - Sept. 7, 1754. A journal of his proceedings
when appointed by Gov. Shirley to go "from Boston to Canada in
order to redeem the Captives belonging to this Government in the
hands of the French and Indians.*' He brings back seven who were
prisoners. Contains several letters from Duquesne. He goes to
Montreal, St. Johns, Three Rivers, and Quebec. An interesting ac-
count of his endeavors.
MS. in Mass. Hist. Soc, given by Jeremy Belknap, 1791. Un-
published.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
309
Wheelwright, Samuel, Capt., of Wells, Maine, s. of Col. John
and Mary (Snell) Wheelwright, b. in Wells, May 2, 1692 ; m. Abigail
Lane, 1714/15.
Diary : Nov. 20 - Dec. 3, 1724. Scouting expedition to Pigwacket
in search of Indians.
MS. owned by Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, folio 72. Published in
"History of Wells and Kennebunk," Bourne, p. 323. Also in "Indian
Wars of New England," Sylvester, Vol. Ill, p. 245.
Whipple, Hannah, of Ipswich Hamlet (Hamilton), Mass., dau. of
Nathaniel and Mary (Appleton) Whipple, b. Apr. 17, 1747.
Diary : Dec. 2, 1790 - May 24, 1795. "An excellent example of the
morbid religious sentimentality of the period." 152 neatly written
pages. "'.
MS. owned by Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Un-
published.
Whipple, John, of Hamilton, Mass., s. of Matthew and Joanna
(Cogswell) Whipple, b. July 2, 1689 ; m. (1) Hannah , (2) Dorothy
, (3) Feb. 10, 1710, Mary Fairfield of Wenham ; d. Feb. 9, 1781.
Diary : Oct. 1725 - Jan. 1738. Account books containing a list of
burials and births.
MS. published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. IV. Also included
in Ipswich vital records.
Whipple, Joseph, Rev., of Hampton Falls, N. H., s. of Matthew
and Martha (Cogswell) Whipple of Ipswich, Mass., b. July 31, 1701 ;
d. Feb. 17, 1757.
Diary : (1) Jan 27, 1727 - Oct. 3, 1754. A record of church events.
The records of the Hampton Falls church were burned and this diary
contains nearly all that is known of its early history. It is a con-
tinuation of a similar diary commenced Dec. 13, 1711 by Mr. Whip-
pies' predecessor, Rev. Theophilus Cotton. It contains two hundred
pages.
Diary : (2) Nov. 8, 1727 - Dec. 26, 1754. A private record of mar-
riages ; also a continuation of that of Rev. Mr. Cotton from Dec. 18,
1712.
MSS. both published in "History of Hampton Falls," pp. 22, 33
and 130.
Whipple, William, of Dighton, Mass., s. of Capt. William and
Mary (Cutts) Whipple, b. at Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730 ; m. Catharine
Moffat of Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. Nov. 28, 1785.
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Diary: June 13 -July 3, 1777; Oct. 20 -Nov. 15, 1777; June 28-
July 3, 1778 and Oct. 24, 1778 - July 14, 1779. All accounts of his
journeys made between Philadelphia and Dighton, often made in
company with other representatives to Congress. He describes many
people he meets, the places where he stopped, &c.
MS. the first section is owned by Rev. Alfred L. Elwyn of Phila.,
the others by Miss Harriette C. Ellery of Newport. Published in
Penn. Mag., Vols. X, XI and XII.
Whitcomb, Benjamin, Lieut., of Henniker, N. H., s. of Benjamin
and Dorcas (Heald) Whitcomb, b. Dec. 27, 1755 ; m. Oct. 14, 1777,
Sarah Rice of Westborough, Mass. ; d. Oct. 23, 1828.
Diary : (1) July 14 - July 27, 1776. Scout journal kept from Crown
Point to St. John, Chamblee, &c. Gives an account of his shooting
Brig. Gen. Gordon of the British army.
Diary: (2) Sept. 1- Sept. 21, 1776. Trips from Ticonderoga to
the Isle aux Noix.
MSS. were among the papers of Gen. Philip Schuyler in custody
of B. J. Lossing in 1872. (1) published in American Hist. Record,
Vol. I, p. 427. (2) abstract in N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. IV.
White, Ebenezer, Hon., of Portland, Conn., s. of Joseph and Abi-
gail (Butler) White of Middletown, b. July 4, 1727; d. July 29, 1817.
Diary : Sept. 1755 - 1815. The years for 1775-1779 are missing.
Personal and town matters, texts of sermons, farming notes, build-
ing of houses, remarkable storms, &c.
MS. extracts published in "Middlesex County, Conn.," Portland,
pp. 500-502.
White, John, Capt., of Lancaster, Mass., s. of Josiah and Mary
(Rice) White, b. in Lancaster, Sept. 20, 1684; m. Eunice Wilder ; d.
Sept. 12, 1725.
Diary : (1) Apr. 5 - May 6, 1725. "A true journal of my travels
as captain of a scout company to Bellows Falls." A march from
Groton to Contookook.
Diary : (2) July 6 - Aug. 5, 1725. A trip from Lancaster to Peni-
cook.
MSS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, pp. 95 and 107. (1) published
in "Granite Monthly," Vol. 14, p. 207. (1) and (2) in "History of
Lancaster," by Nourse. (1) in "Descendants of John White," Vol. I,
p. 36 and in '"History of Bristol, N. H." Also in pamphlet form,
edited by G. Waldo Browne, privately printed in Manchester, N. H.,
1907.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
311
White, John, of Salem, Mass., s. of John and Desire (Shallote)
White, bapt. May 4, 1729 ; m. June 4, 1745, Abigail Blaney.
Diary : 1774-76, 1778, 1780, 1787-90. Almanacs with manuscript
diary bound in at the end. "In which he records the weather, dom-
estic incidents and many exceedingly interesting notes on the prelim-
inary proceedings of the Revolutionary War."
MS. owned in 1919 by Stan V. Henkels. Extracts published in
Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., Vol. 49, p. 92, and in Henkel's catalogue, No.
1231, p. 107.
White, Nancy, of Brookline, Mass., dau. of Caleb and Elizabeth
(Craft) White, b. Sept. 15, 1768; m. Jan. 13, 1811, Dr. JohnGoddard
of Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. Sept. 5, 1832.
Diary: Jan. 1, 1784 - July 22, 1785. The every day doings of a
young girl. Many Brookline people mentioned, especially members
of the Craft, Heath and Goddard families. Weddings described,
gowns, watching with the sick, funerals, &c.
MS. owned by Mrs. Robert Barnett, Brookline, Mass. Published
in "The Sagamore," Brookline High School, Vols. I and II.
White, Timothy, of Nantucket, Mass., s. of John White, Jr. and
Lydia (Gilman) White, b. Nov. 13, 1700, in Haverhill ; m. Susannah
Gardner, Sept. 27, 1728 in Mendon ; d. Feb. 24, 1765.
Diary: July 12, 1728 -Feb. 7, 1756. Short entries of his preach-
ings to the Indians, the number present, schooling accounts, baptisms,
and some biographical memoranda. "They add some definite inform-
ation to the times and conditions that were largely matters of con-
jecture or tradition."
MS. owned by Nantucket Historical Association. Published by
Nantucket Hist. Asso., Vol. 1, No. 2, 1898.
Whitefield, George, Rev., of England and Newburyport, Mass.,
s. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Edwards) Whitefield, b. at the Bell Inn,
Gloucester, England, Dec. 16, 1714 ; m. Mrs. Elizabeth (Burnell)
James of Abergavenny, Wales, Nov. 14, 1741 ; d. at Newburyport,
Mass., Sept. 30, 1770.
Diary : (1) Dec. 28, 1737 - Jan. 16, 1740. His journal shows many
entries regarding his work in Boston. Details the adventures of an
enthusiastic Divine from his embarkation for America to his return
to England. Partly kept in England and the southern states.
Diary : (2) June 25, 1740 - 1741. A continuation of his journal
from Savannah to his arrival at Rhode Island ; his travels in the other
Governments of New England to his departure from Sanford for N. Y.
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Diary : (3) Oct. 1740 - Mar. 11, 1741. From his leaving New Eng-
land to his arrival at Falmouth in England.
Diary : (4) Oct. 1744 - Aug. 1746. There are other journals which
do not relate to New England.
MSS. (4) owned by Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton,
N. J. Published in his life and letters. Various editions. (2) and
(3) published in Boston as tracts in 1741.
Whitelaw, James, Gen., of Ryegate Vt, Surveyor General of
Vermont, s. of William Whitelaw, b. Feb. 11, 1748 in New Mills,
Lanarkshire, Scotland ; m. (1) Mar. 5, 1778, Abigail Johnston of
Newbury, Vt., (2) Susannah Rogers, Nov. 23, 1800, (3) Janet (Brock)
Harvey of Barnet, Aug. 29, 1815 ; d. Apr. 29, 1829.
Diary : Apr. 8, 1773 - June 1783, with a few later entries to 1794.
Seventy-three pages of manuscript. A trip to Philadelphia, Albany,
Maryland, No. Carolina, Virginia, Halifax, back to his home with
descriptions of the places and people. Contains "the narrative of
his travels in behalf of the Scots American Co. and of the settlement
of Ryegate."
MS. owned by Vermont Historical Society, presented by 0. L. and
R. H. Whitelaw. Published in Vt. Hist. Soc. Pro., 1895.
Whiting, Gamaliel, Lieut., of Great Barrington, Mass., s. of
Charles and Elizabeth (Bradford) Whiting, b. Sept. 17, 1727; m. June
18, 1752, Anna Gillett ; d. Nov. 27, 1790. <
Diary : (1) 1770, 1771/2. Extracts relates to the counterfeiter
Gil Belcher, to the small pox and to the prisoners in the jail.
Diary : (2) Aug. 2, 1775 - Jan. 6, 1776. A slight diary kept in
camp during the siege of Boston.
MSS. both cited in "History of Great Barrington," Taylor, pp.
265, 285, 336. Also in "History of Berkshire Co," p. 9.
Whiting, John, of Dedham, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and Mary
(Ellis) Whiting, b. in Dedham, May 17, 1716 ; m. Apr. 20, 1738, Abi-
gail White ; d. Aug. 23, 1784.
Diary : June 1743 - May 13, 1784. Short entries of things which
came under his observation, the burning of houses, also raisings,
deaths, marriages, floods, winds and earthquakes. Brief items of
war news and other public events. Only a few entries for each year.
MS. owned by Dedham Hist Soc. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg., April and July 1909, communicated by John F. Whiting of
North Attleborough Mass.
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313
-Whiting, Samuel, Rev., of Billerica, Mass., s. of Rev. Samuel
Whiting of Lynn, b. in England ab't 1633 ; d. Feb. 28, 1713.
Diary : Apr. 17 - Dec. 25, 1653. A record of sermons and lectures
which he heard preached, all at Cambridge, by Mr. Mitchel.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Whitney, Peter, Rev., of Northborough, Mass., s. of Rev. Aaron
and Alice (Baker) Whitney of Petersham, Mass., b. Sept. 6, 1744 ; m.
Mar. 11, 1768, Julia Lambert of Reading, Mass. ; d. Feb. 29, 1816.
Diary: 1791. An interleaved almanac with daily entries of one
line each, weather, personal matters, mentions many people of the
town and town affairs.
MS. owned by Worcester Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
- Whitten, Oliver, of Pembroke, Mass., s. of Matthew and Mary
(Bisbe) Whitten, b. Dec. 11, 1765 ; m. (1) Jan. 6, 1793, Lucy How-
land, (2) Oct. 15, 1810, Mary Holmes, (3) Oct. 8, 1824, Mrs. Peddy
Howland ; d. Jan. 12, 1834.
Diary: (1) Sept. 11, 1790 -Nov. 26, 1797; (2) June 21, 1798 -May
25, 1810; (3) June 11, 1810 -Feb. 9, 1813; (4) Apr. 13, 1826 -Aug.
20,1828; (5) Aug. 21, 1828 - Apr. 9, 1831 ; (6) July 19, 1831 -Dec.
12, 1833 ; (7) Oct. 15, 1800 - Nov. 6, 1830. Entries mostly are records
of his work, the weather with now and then a death, birth or mar-
riage. He frequently speaks of attending a funeral. There are
seven books, the last containing records of marriage intentions. He
was town clerk of Pembroke and later of Hanson when that town
was set off.
MSS. owned by Mrs. Cornelia J. Cook, Pembroke, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Widger, William, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of William and Mary
(Stevens) Widger, bapt. Sept. 18, 1748 ; m. June 30, 1774, Elizabeth
Dove ; d. at Nantucket, Oct. 10, 1823.
Diary: 1781. Kept while he was in Mill Prison, daily events,
burning of effigy of Capt. Pickton, an officer of the guard. List of
persons entering British service, &c.
MS. extracts from Mar. 20 to Nov. 16, from a printed newspaper,
in B. F. Browne's "Note Book," owned by Essex Institute.
Wigglesworth, Edward, Col., of Newburyport, Mass., s. of
Rev. Samuel and Martha Wigglesworth, b. in Ipswich, Jan. 3, 1742 ;
m. Jan. 18, 1770, Bridget Cogswell ; d. Dec. 8, 1826.
314
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Diary: Sept. 7 -Dec. 1776 (dates of extracts). Kept "from his
first connection with the fleet until the disbandment of his regiment
in December." He is near Schuyler's Island and records an engage-
ment on Lake Champlain on Oct. 11. He goes to Ticonderoga and
Crown Point. He was with Arnold's Fleet.
MS. owned in 1854 by his daughter, Mrs. Dole. Extracts pub-
lished in "History of Newburyport," E. Vale Smith, p. 357.
Wigglesworth, Michael, Rev., of Maiden, Mass., s. of Edward
and Esther (Raynor) Wigglesworth, b. in England, Oct. 28, 1631, m.
(1) Mary Reynor of Rowley, (2) Martha Mudge, (3) Sybil (Sparhawk)
Avery of Dedham ; d. June 10, 1705.
Diary: (1) 1652 -May 19, 1657. "Gives curious information
concerning his literary and personal history." Kept partly in cypher.
Diary : (2) 1759. Three commonplace books having something
the nature of a diary.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Extracts published in Hist.
Mag., Dec. 1863. (2) owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
Wight, Aaron, Dr., of Medway, Mass., s. of Jonathan and Sarah
(Plimpton) Wight, b. Feb. 24, 1742 ; m. (1) Nov. 5, 1767, Mary Kit-
tredge of Andover, (2) Nov. 17, 1774, Mary Haven of Holliston, (3)
Jan. 17, 1776, Jemima Rutter of East Sudbury ; d. Feb. 8, 1813.
Diary: 1769, 1826. Interleaved almanacs.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Wight, Elnathan, Rev., of Bellingham, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Mercy Wight, b. Dec. 23, 1715 ; m. Aug. 13, 1754, Abigail Blood; d.
Nov. 6, 1761.
Diary : "Mr. Wight was a very conscientious man as is evident
from his diary."
MS. cited in "The Wights," p. 36.
, Wight, Henry, Rev., of Bristol, R. I., s. of Jonathan and Sarah
(Plympton) Wight, b. May 26, 1752 ; m. (1) June 21, 1789, Alice
Burrington of Tiverton, (2) Mar. 6, 1799, Clarissa Leonard of Rayn-
ham ; d. Aug. 12, 1837.
Diary : 1721 - 1812. There was "no occurrence of moment that
transpired about him to his knowledge for the last seventy years, it
is believed, which may not be found faithfully recorded in his diary."
MS. owned in 1880 by Mrs. E. A. Diman of Bristol, R. I.
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315
L Wight, Samuel, of Bellingham, Mass., s. of Joseph and Martha
(Thompson) Wight, b. Dec. 25, 1730 ; m. Oct. 18, 1752, Mary Thomp-
son ; d. May 8, 1790.
Diary : Sept. 30, 1755 - Mar. 21, 1790 and continued by his daughter
from May 6, 1790 -Apr. 22, 1849. Largely a record of deaths,
earthquakes mentioned, preachers with their texts.
MS. owned by the town of Bellingham. Is in the office of the
Town Clerk.
Wild, Ebenezer, Corporal, Ensign and Lieutenant in the Ameri-
can Army, b. in Braintree, Mass., 1758 ; m. Abigail ; d. in Bos-
ton, Dec. 4, 1794.
Diary : Aug. 7, 1776 -Dec. 8, 1781. He was in the Ticonderoga
expedition in 1776 ; the campaign against Burgoyne in 1777 ; the
Rhode Island campaign in 1778 and at the siege of Yorktown. He
was sergeant in Capt. Hancock's Company of Vose's Regiment, also
ensign and lieutenant in the same Company. This diary is kept in
seven small volumes.
There is another journal kept from September <13, 1775 to June 5,
1776, which has been ascribed to him. This is of Arnold's expedition
to Quebec. Wild however was not in this expedition and it has been
shown that this was a copy of one kept by Ebenezer Tolman. — See
Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., May, 1890, p. 39.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library. Published in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., 1890, p. 78.
Willard, Daniel, Capt., of Newington, Conn., s. of Simon and
Mary (Gilbert) Willard, b. July 31, 1710 at Wethersfield ; m. Dorothy
Deming; d. June 1, 1800.
Diary : 1741. Of the French and Indian war.
MS: cited in "Annals of Newington," Welles, p. 146.
Willard, Joseph, Rev., of Mendon and Boxborough, Mass., s. of
Benjamin and Sarah (Brooks) Willard, b. Dec. 27, 1741 in Grafton,
Mass. ; m. May 30, 1769, Hannah Parker of Reading ; d. Sept. 13,
1828.
Diary : July, 1771 - 1783. Notes of his texts, ordinations, ex-
changes, &c.
MS. owned by First Parish, Mendon. Extracts published in Wor-
cester Soc. of Antiquity Pro., Vol. 14, part 2, p. 151.
Willard, Josiah, of Lancaster, Mass., s. of Henry and Dorcas
(Cutler) Willard, b. in Lancaster, 1693 ; m. about 1723, Hannah
Wilder; d. Dec. 8, 1750.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Diary: (1) Dec. 3, 1724 -Apr. 7, 1725. "A trew Jurnall of the
proceedings with the solders at Turkey Hill.
Diary : (2) July 1 - Oct. 11, 1725. Journal of guarding at Groton.
Diary : (3) May 10 - Oct. 9, 1725. Scouting and guarding.
MSS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, pp. 99, 114, 118. Unpublished.
Willard, Samuel, Col., of Lancaster, Mass., s. of Henry and
Dorcas (Cutler) Willard, b. May 31, 1690 in Lancaster; m. Elizabeth
Phelps, Aug. 19, 1717; d. Nov. 20, 1752.
Diary : (1) July 15 - Aug. 12, 1725. Scouting expedition to Pig-
wacket.
Diary : (2) Sept. 4 - Oct. 19, 1725. The same. He was accom-
panied by Capt. Joseph Blanchard and this journal is also signed by
Benj. Goodridge.
Diary: (3) Jan. 10 - Nov. 10, 1755. Scouting expedition to Rut-
land. Mentions a good many names and incidents of the marches.
MSS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, (1) p. 109, (2) p. 119, (3) p.
122. Unpublished.
Willcutt, Joel, of Cohasset, Mass., s. of John and Chloe (Beal)
Willcutt, b. Mar. 6, 1771 ; m. May 3, 1795, Tamar Sutton ; d. Dec.
3, 1843.
Diary: (1) Apr. 18, 1791 -Aug. 12, 1823. "Of much value for
reference." Raising of houses, vital statistics, storms, shipwrecks, &c.
Diary : (2) July 11, 1814 - Nov. 18, 1843. Commences when Co-
hasset was fortified against the approach of the British ; at first kept
with full entries, later only a record of deaths.
MSS. (1) owned by Mrs. C. F. Bennett, Cohasset. Extracts in
"Cohasset Genealogies," Davenport. (2) owned by Mrs. Lyman D.
Willcutt, Cohasset.
Williams, Edmund, of Raynham, Mass., b. 1710 ; m. Nov. 6, 1737,
Lydia Crane ; d. Dec. 3, 1796, aged 86.
Diary: (1) 1742, 1744, 1753, 1755, 1761-63 and 1765. Interleaved
almanacs. Short entries of personal affairs, marriages, deaths and
local matters. Some farming notes, town meetings, &c.
Diary : (2) 1754. Similar to the above.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (2) owned by Boston Public
Library. A few extracts in Boston Transcript, Apr. 12, 1911 and in
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Oct. 1911, p. 381.
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317
Williams, Ennion, Major, of Pennsylvania.
Diary : Oct. 4 - Oct. 26, 1775. Account of a journey to the Amer-
ican camp at Cambridge. He goes through Connecticut and describes
many of the towns. Also visits Salem.
MS. owned by Penn. Archives. Published in Penn. Archives, 2nd
Ser., Vol. 15.
Williams, Joseph, Col., of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Joseoh Williams,
b. Apr. 10, 1708 ; m. (1) Martha Howell of England, (2) Hannah Dud-
ley, Apr. 5, 1770; d. May 26, 1798.
Diary : June 2, 1758 - Oct. 22, 1758. Written in a plain very good
hand and always correctly spelled. This is partly an orderly book
and copies of letters written by Joseph Williams. These are inter-
mingled with records of things done in the army, the food and clothes
of the men and other details. He also gives lists of the men in his
company, officers, their rank, illnesses of the men, &c. Is at Schen-
ectady, Fort William and Oneida station.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library. Unpublished.
Williams, Solomon, Dr., of Cambridge and Roxbury, Mass., s.
of Rev. William and Hannah (Stoddard) Williams, b. at Weston, Oct.
15, 1728 ; d. at Salisbury, Conn.
Diary : 1747 and 1748. Ames Almanacs interleaved. Very few
entries until June 1747. Personal matters, hair cuts, wigs, footwear,
&c. The first part of the time he is a student at Harvard, later
teaches school at Roxbury.
MS. owned by Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Williams, Stephen, Rev., of Longmeadow, Mass., s. of Rev. John
and Eunice (Mather) Williams, b. in Deerfleld, May 14, 1693 ; m. (1)
July 3, 1718, Abigail Davenport, (2) Sept. 17, 1767, Mrs. Sarah
(Chapin) Burt ; d. June 10, 1782.
Diary : (1) 1714 and 1727. Interleaved almanacs.
Diary: (2) 1719, 1728, 1729, 1741, 1765, 1768, 1775 and 1782. In-
terleaved almanacs bought at the Brinley sale by Field.
Diary : (3) 1738 - 1742. Eleven manuscript volumes written in a
very fine hand with many abbreviations.
Diary : (4) July 18, 1745 - Jan. 1749. Written when he was chap-
lain in the Louisbourgh expedition.
Diary : (5) July 20, 1749 - Aug. 6, 1750. Similar to (3). Describes
the events in his church and family and the happenings in the town.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (3) owned by Longmeadow
Town Library. Extracts published in Conn. Valley Hist. Soc. Pro.,
1881, p. 36. Also in "True Stories of N. E. Captives," Baker. (4)
owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. (5) owned by Library of Congress. All
unpublished except parts of (3).
Williams, Stephen, Rev., of Woodstock, Conn., s. of Dr. Stephen
and Abigail (Davenport) Williams, b. Jan. 26, 1722 ; m. Martha Hunt,
Oct. 18, 1748; d. Apr. 20, 1795.
Diary: July 13, 1782 - Sept. 3, 1794. "Deals with events of the
parish." "An interesting diary."
MS. owned by Miss Ellen Williams, West Woodstock, Conn. Ex-
tracts in "The Family of Griffith Bowen," by Rev. Daniel Bowen.
Williams, Stephen, of Northborough, Mass., s. of George and
Lydia (Pickering) Williams, b. in Salem, Oct. 1, 1771 ; m. Alice Orne
of Salem ; d. Feb. 6, 1838.
Diary : Feb. 20, 1799- Jan. 30, 1838. Of work done on the farm,
family matters, visits made and received, occasional mention of gen-
eral events.
MS. owned by Mrs. Annie D. Fairbanks, Northborough. Un-
published.
Williams, Timothy, of West Woodstock, Conn., s. of Rev. Stephen
and Martha (Hunt) Williams, b. Apr. 16, 1764 ; unmarried ; d. Feb.
1849.
Diary : (1) July 3- Aug. 24, 1788. "A chronicle of contemporane-
ous events which brings them before us as vividly as if now passing."
The daily events of his own life which was spent with many around
him, scholars, friends, neighbors, &c. Also a chronicle of all the im-
portant happenings in the world at large.
Diary : (2) Apr. 9 - Mar. 26, 1815. Texts of sermons and comments
on them, with some deaths and funerals.
MSS. both owned by Miss Alice G. Johnson, Putnam, Ct. Extracts
published in "Putnam Patriot."
Williams, Warham, Rev., of Waltham, Mass., s. of Rev. John
and Eunice (Mather) Williams, b. Sept. 16, 1699 ; m. Abigail Leonard,
May 23, 1728; d. June 22, 1729.
Diary: 1740, 1743 and perhaps others. Extracts relate to the
visits of his sister Eunice to New England.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
319
MS. owned, perhaps, in 1847 by Hon. Chas. K. Williams, Chief
Justice of Vermont. Mentioned in "Family of Williams," by S. W.
Williams, 1847, p. 96.
Williams, William, Rev., of Weston, Mass., s. of Rev. William
and Elizabeth (Cotton) Williams of Hatfield, b. May 11, 1688; m. (1)
July 6, 1710, Hannah Stoddard of Northampton, (2) pub. Nov. 24,
1749, Mrs. Sarah ( ) Stone of Holliston ; d. Mar. 5, 1760.
Diary: 1734 and 1737. Interleaved Ames' Almanacs. Personal
and town matters, marriages and deaths, pastoral work, &c.
MS. owned by Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Williams, William, of Lebanon, Conn., s. of Rev. Solomon and
Mary (Porter) Williams, b. Apr. 8, 1731 ; m. Feb. 14, 1771, Mary
Trumbull ; d. Aug. 2, 1811.
Diary : (1) May 12 - June 8, 1757. Kept during the session of the
General Assembly of Conn, of which he was at that time a member.
Diary: (2) 1751, 1771, 1773-74. Part of the time he was in Phila-
delphia at the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Declar-
ation of Independence.
MSS. (1) owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. (2) owned by Miss Jessy
T. McClellan, Woodstock, Conn. Both unpublished.
Williams, , of Noddle's Island and Chelsea, Mass., s. of
Col. Joseph and Martha (Howell) Williams of Roxbury, b. Oct. 23,
1736 ; m. Elizabeth Bell, Jan. 28, 1762 ; d. Dec. 26, 1802.
Diary: Apr. 8, 1793 - Apr. 23, 1801 (dates of extracts). Mr. Henry
Howell Williams had six daughters and this journal seems to have
been kept principally by them. "The references in the journal to
persons and occurences are numerous and many of them are interest-
ing and valuable. Extending through a long course of years and
being a daily record, a vast amount of miscellaneous matter is there
perpetuated which well repays the search of the antiquary."
MS. extracts published in "History of East Boston," by Wm. H.
Sumner.
Williams Family, of Taunton, Mass., including three generations
of Williamses, James, General James and Dr. Alfred.
Diary : Dec. 20, 1737 - Sept. 15, 1833. A record of marriages per-
formed, fines collected, oaths administered, and similar proceedings.
MS. owned by Old Colony Hist. Soc, Taunton.
320
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Willis, Benjamin, of Medford, Mass., s. of Stephen and Hannah
Willis, b. Oct. 30, 1686 ; m. Feb. 10, 1713/14, Ruth Bradshaw ; d. Feb.
3, 1767.
Diary : July 16, 1751 - Feb. 26, 1764 (dates of extracts). Personal
and town matters.
MS. owned by the City of Medford in the City Clerk's Office.
They have at present lost sight of it. Extracts in Hist. Register of
Medford Hist. Soc, Vol. V, No. 4.
Williston, Seth, Rev., of Durham, Conn., s. of Consider and
Rhoda (King) Williston, b. Apr. 14, 1770 in Suffield, Conn. ; m. May
8, 1804, Mrs. Sybyl (Stoddard) Dudley ; d. Mar. 2, 1851, at Guilford
Centre.
Diary: July 19, 1786 - Feb. 14, 1851. "Very largely a daily record
of the author's religious life, interspersed with private family mat-
ters ; journeys taken, texts of sermons delivered, &c." He was a
home missionary in New York state.
MS. owned by Mr. John T. Williston, Ashland, N. Y. Published
from July 9, 1796 - Feb. 23, 1797 in the Journal of the Presbyterian
Society, Dec. 1913 and Mar. 1914.
Willoughby, Francis, Gov., of Charlestown, Mass., s. of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth Willoughby, b. probably in Portsmouth, England ;
m. (1) Mary , (2) Sarah Taylor (?), (3) Margaret Locke; d. Apr.
3, 1671.
Diary: Nov. 1, 1650 -Dec. 28, 1651. Written in very difficult cy-
pher. Begins with account of a fire in Charlestown in 1650.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
Wilson, .Nathaniel, of Dedham, Mass., s. of Ephraim and Re-
bekah ( ) Wilson, b. in Dover, Jan. 18, 1699 ; m. (1) Nov. 22,
1733, Lydia Richards, (2) Hannah Haston; d. Jan. 26, 1787, in Ded-
ham.
Diary : 1763 - 1788. Not really a diary but contains a genealogy
of the Wilson family from 1639 to 1783. Names of pastors and
officers of the First Church of Dedham from 1639 - 1779. Names of
persons who died in Dedham between March 1763 and 1788, with
some Needham deaths, names of his visitors and various other facts
of his life.
MS. owned by Mrs. Lillian Wilson Bond, Needham, Mass.
Wilton, Dav d, of Northampton, Mass., b. in England; freeman,
Dorchester, 1633 ; m. Catharine, daughter of Ann Hoskins by a
former marriage ; d. Feb. 5, 1678.
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321
Diary: 1672- July 19, 1575 (dates of extracts). Account book of
a man who entertained soldiers and Indians, and contains short en-
tries of farming and social matters as well as accounts.
MS. extracts in Judd MSS., book marked Prices, in Forbes Library,
Northampton, Mass. Published in part in "History of Northampton,"
Trumbull, Vol. 1, p. 279.
Winslow, Anna Green, of Boston, dau. of Gen. Joshua and Anna
(Green) Winslow, b. Nov. 29, 1759 ; d. at Kingham, Mass., Julv 19,
1780.
Diary : Nov. 17, 1771 - May 31, 1773. "A historital picture of the
domestic life of that day which forms a most sprightly record, not
only of the life of a young girl at that time but of the prim and nar-
row round of daily occurrences in provincial Boston. It is in effect
a record of the life of Old South Church attendants."
MS. owned by Mr. James P. Trott, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Pub. in
Bulletin of the Pilgrim Rec. Soc, Vol. I, pp. 3-5. Also Houghton
Mifflin Co., 1894, edited by Mrs. Alice Morse Earle.
Winslow, Anna (Green), Mrs., of Boston and Marshfleld, Mass.,
dau. of Joseph and Anna (Pierce) Green, b. Oct. 4, 1728 ; m. Joshua
Winslow, Jan. 3, 1759 ; d. in Medford, Apr. 16 or 17, 1816.
Diary : Jan. 8 - May 26, 1778. "It is filled chiefly with pious sermon
notes and religious thoughts and sad and anxious reflections over
absent loved ones, one of whom (in the sentimental fashion of the
times) she calls 'my Myron' — her husband." — Mrs. Alice Morse Earle.
MS. owned by Mr. James P. Trott of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Un-
published.
Winslow, Edward, of Plymouth, Mass., s. of Edward and Mag-
dalen Winslow of Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, b. Oct. 19,
1595 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Barker, May 16, 1618, (2) Mrs. Susannah
White, May 12, 1621 ; d. at sea, May 8, 1655.
Diary : Nov. 1621 - Sept. 1623: A story of the events in the Ply-
mouth Plantation. The entries are numbered, not dated according
to days. A narrative rather than a diary. "Relation of things most
remarkable in Plymouth."
MS. published in abbreviated form in "Purchas' Pilgrims," Book
X, Chap. 5, London, 1625. Reprinted in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol.
8, p. 239. Again with the abbreviations restored from London
edition of 1624 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. 19, p. 74.
322
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Winslow, Joshua, Gen., of Boston, Mass., s. of John and Sarah
(Pierce) Winslow, b. Jan. 23, 1727; m. Anna Green, Jan. 3, 1759; d.
in Quebec, 1801.
Diary : Mar. 1, 1750 -Nov. 28, 1758. Includes the siege of Louis-
burg. Rather technical; an account of the ships with some items of
personal matters.
MS. owned by Mr. James Trott of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Unpub-
lished.
Winslow, Nathaniel, Capt., of Marshfield, Mass., s. of Nathaniel
and Faith (Miller) Winslow, b. July 29, 1667; m. (1) Lydia Snow,
1692, (2) Deborah (Barstow) Bryant, Feb. 17, 1717/18; d. Mar. 13,
1736.
Diary : 1717 - 1728. A day and account book containing family
records, births and deaths from 1693 to 1724.
MS. owned by Mr. George H. Thomas, Ocean Bluff, Mass. Un-
published.
Winthrop, Fitz John, Major, of New London, Conn., s. of Gov.
John and Elizabeth (Reade) Winthrop, b. in Ipswich, Mass., Mar. 19,
1639 ; m. Elizabeth Tonge of New London ; d. in Boston, Nov. 27,
1707.
Diary: July 14 -Sept. 5, 1690. Journal of a march from Albany
towards Canada with the forces of Capt. Joseph Fitch and Capt.
Johnson. Conferences with the Indians.
MS. owned by Public Record Office, London, England. Transcript
by Mass. Hist. Soc, in Gay Papers. Published in Calendar of State
Papers, Colonial Ser., 1696, p. 117.
Winthrop; John, Gov., of Boston, s. of Adam and Anne (Brown)
Winthrop, b. at Groton, Eng., Jan. 12, 1587; m. (1) Apr. 16, 1605,
Mary Forth, (2) Dec. 6, 1615, Thomasine Clopton, (3) Apr. 29, 1617,
Margaret Tyndale, (4) Dec. 1647, Martha (Nowell) Coytmore of
Charlestown ; d. Mar. 26, 1649.
Diary : Mar. 19, 1630 - Jan. 11, 1649. Commences with his de-
parture from England. "He seems to have appreciated the full
magnitude of the work in which he had entered ; to have realized
that he was going out to lay the foundation of a great Common-
wealth and to have felt that no incident connected with such an enter-
prise could be too trifling to be recorded. . . . His daily record of
events as they occurred, providentially preserved, and now known as
Winthrop's 'History of New England/ furnishes almost all which is
known of the first nineteen years of Massachusetts."
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
323
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Hartford, 1790.
By James Savage in 1825, and in "Original Narratives of Early Am.
History," Scribner, 1907.
Winthrop, John, Jr., of Boston, Mass., s. of John and Mary
(Forth) Winthrop, b. in Groton, England, Feb. 12, 1605/6; m. (1)
Martha Fones, Feb. 8, 1631/2,(2) Elizabeth Reade, 1635; d. in
Boston, Apr. 5, 1676.
Diary: (1) Nov. 11, 1645 - Dec. 5, 1645. Kept in Latin ; a resume
is given by Mr. Winthrop.
Diary: (2) 1662. Almanac for 1662, with memoranda of the
family.
MSS. (2) owned by Mass. Hist. Society. Published in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Pro., Oct. 1892 with notes by R. C. Winthrop, Jr.
Winthrop, John, of Boston and New London, Conn., s. of Wait-
still and Mary (Browne) Winthrop, b. Aug. 26, 1681; m. Anne
Dudley of Boston ; d. near London, Aug. 1, 1747.
Diary : "His diary gives an interesting account of his visit to the
old family seat at Groton in April, 1728."
MS. cited in "A Short Account of the Winthrop Family," by Rob-
ert C. Winthrop, Jr., Cambridge, 1887.
Winthrop, John, Dr., of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Adam Winthrop,
b. in Boston, Dec. 19, 1714 ; m. (1) Rebecca Townsend, 1746, (2)
Hannah (Fayerweather) Tolman, 1756 ; d. May 3, 1779.
Diary: (1) 1743, 1744, 1745, 1747, 1748, 1751, 1766, 1770, 1771,
1778, 1779. Annotated almanacs. Short entries of personal hap-
penings, a literal "line-a-day."
Diary: (2) 1766-1779, also 1739; largely an account book, with
notes of his farming. (3) 1755.
MSS. (1) owned by Miss Elizabeth Harris, Cambridge, Mass. (2)
by Harvard College Library. Unpublished. (3) quoted by Paige in
"History of Cambridge," p. 217.
Wise, John, Rev., of Ipswich, Mass., s. of Joseph and Mary
(Thompson) Wise of Roxbury, b. July, 1652 ; m. Abigail Gardner, of
Roxbury, Dec. 5, 1678; d. Apr. 8, 1725.
Diary : Aug. 9 - Dec. 23, 1690. Rev. John Wise was chaplain in
Sir William Phipp's Expedition against Quebec in the summer of
1690. This is more of a narrative than a diary, but the dates of
each day are given.
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MS. owned by N. Y. Public Library. Copies in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Published in Cambridge, 1902. Also in appendix to "History of
Ipswich," by T. F. Waters, 1905.
Wiswall, John, Rev., of Portland, Me., and Wilmot, N. S., s. of
Peleg and Elizabeth (Rogers) Wiswall, b. in Boston, Apr. 3, 1731 ; m.
(1) Dec. 17, 1761, Mercy Minot of Brunswick, Me., (2) 1784, Mrs.
Hutchinson of N. Y. ; d. Dec. 2, 1821.
Diary : 1763 - 1797. Personal affairs, many items of war news, a
trip to England, &c.
MS. owned by Rev. E. M. Saunders, Halifax, N. S. Copies by
Rev. Anson Titus and the Me. Hist. Soc. (the latter from 1776 - 1780).
Extracts published in Nova Scotia Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. XIII.
Witherspoon, John, of Annapolis and Granville, N. S. He is
said to have been born in Massachusetts.
Diary: Nov. 16, 1757 -Sept. 19, 1759. The tradition is that the
original was written with tobacco juice mixed with blood. It com-
mences with his capture by the French near Annapolis ; his trip to
Quebec where he was kept a prisoner until that city was taken by
Wolfe.
MS. owned by Mr. W. Herbert Witherspoon, Granville Ferry, N. S.
Published in N. S. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. II, p. 31, printed from an old
copy.
Withington, Samuel, Jr., of Dorchester, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Champney) Withington, b. at Dorchester, Apr. 10, 1700 ;
m. Mar. 19, 1746, Jane Kelton of Dorchester; d. Oct. 29, 1781.
Diary: Feb. 21, 1748 -Dec. 4, 1791. A record of baptisms at
Dorchester.. A book of 110 pages kept by him or by some member
of his family.
MS. owned by Mr. Edward Albert Huebener of Dorchester. Pub-
lished in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 68, pp. 215-238 and 309-321.
Wolcott, Roger, of Windsor, Conn., Deputy Governor of Con-
necticut and Major General, s. of Simon and Martha (Pitkin) Wol-
cott, b. in Windsor, Conn., Jan. 4, 1679 ; m. Sarah Drake of Windsor,
Dec. 3, 1702 ; d. at East Winsor, May 17, 1767.
Diary: (1) May 30 - July 30, 1745. A journal kept at the siege of
Louisbourg. A record of the doings of the soldiers from day to day
with letters from the officers in regard to the surrender and the
articles of capitulation. Also a retrospect of the whole situation.
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325
Diary: (2) June 10, 1755. A kind of an autobiography written at
one time.
MSS. owned by Connecticut Historical Society. Copy by Library
of Congress. (1) Published in Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. I, p. 131
and both diaries in "Wolcott Memorial" by Samuel Wolcott. (2)
in Stiles "History of Windsor, Conn.," Vol. II, p. 803.
Wood, Lemuel, of Boxford, Mass., s. of Daniel and Sarah (Pea-
body) Wood, b. in Boxford, Oct. 25, 1741 ; m. Frances Tyler of Box-
ford, 1782; d. July 1, 1819.
Diary : (1) May 24, 1759 - Sept. 27, 1759. "A Journal of the Can-
ada Expedition in ye year 1757." Short entries of the marches made
from day to day ; the taverns where they lodged and other details of
the trip.
Diary : (2) Apr. 24, 1760 - Nov. 28, 1760. "A journal of the Canada
Expedition in ye year 1760."
MSS. published in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vols. 19, 20 and 21 ed-
ited by Sidney Perley.
Wood, Oliver, of Norridgewock, Me., s. of Ephraim and Mary
(Buss) Wood, b. in Concord, Apr. 11, 1730; m. June 13, 1750, Lucy
Hosmer ; d. July 1, 1836.
Diary : Sept. 15, 1785 - Sept. 22, 1791. Occasional entries of cases
which came before him and of marriages performed by him. 16
pages in all.
MS. owned by Maine Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Wood, Solomon, of Boxford, Mass., s. of John and Ruth (Peabody)
Wood, b. in Boxford, Apr. 22, 1722 ; m. (1) Hannah Jewett, 1745, (2)
Mehitable Peabody of Andover, Oct. 1761 ; d. Dec. 31, 1766.
Diary : Aug. 25- Oct. 25, 1766. "Mr. Solomon Wood of Boxford,
Mass. was employed by the town of Bridgeton, Me. to run out all
that part of this township lying west of Long Pond, into lots of half a
mile in length and one hundred rods in width containing one hundred
acres each." Short entries mostly about the work he was doing.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Jan. 1874. Communicated
by Isaac B. Choate of Gorham, Me.
Woodbridge, Dudley, Dr., of Groton and Stonington, Conn., s.
of Rev. Ephraim and Hannah (Morgan) Woodbridge, b. Apr. 21, 1705 ;
m. Sarah Sheldon of Hartford, Conn. ; d. Oct. 4, 1790.
326
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Diary : Oct. 1 - Oct. 10, 1798. Long entries of a trip through
Deerfield, Framingham, Worcester, Brookfield, &c, from Cambridge,
Mass.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro., Vol. 17, p. 337.
Woods, John, of Marlborough, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Eliza-
beth (Morse) Woods, b. Jan. 1,1735; m. May 29, 1764, Zeruiah
Barnes ; d. Apr. 5, 1816.
Diary : June 11 - Nov. 4, 1759. Starts out from Marlborough, goes
to Albany, Fort Edward, Lake George, Ticonderoga. Gives the daily
life and work of the soldiers.
MS. published in Genealogical Magazine, Feb. 1906.
Woodward, Samuel, Rev., of Weston, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and
Mindwell (Stone) Woodward, b. Feb. 1, 1727; m. Jan. 11, 1753, Abi-
gail Williams of Waltham ; d. Oct. 5, 1782.
Diary : 1751 - 1782 and continued later by another hand to 1786.
A private list of deaths, about 500 in number.
MS. kept with the records of the church in Weston. Included in
"Vital statistics of Weston," Boston, 1901.
Woolman, John, of Mount Holly, N. J., s. of Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Burr) Woolman, b. Aug. 19, 1720; m. Aug. 18, 1749, Sarah
Ellis ; d. in England, Oct. 7, 1772.
Diary : (1) June, 1720 - Apr. 27, 1772. It commences with a sketch
of his life. He visits New England in 1747 and again in 1760 when
he describes his religious work and his travels.
Diary : (2) May 1 - June 8, 1772. Of his trip to England.
MSS. a complete copy written by Woolman is owned by the Hist.
Soc. of Penn. Rough drafts of the diary are deposited in the library
of Swarthmore College, Swathmore, Pa. Pub. in Boston, 1873.
Worcester, Lydia, of Hollis, N. H., dau. of Noah and Lydia (Tay-
lor) Worcester, b. Nov. 8, 1762; d. Jan. 16, 1789.
Diary : commences May 28, 1786. Probably religious.
MS, extracts published in "Life of Dr. Samuel Worcester," Wor-
cester, p. 103.
Wright, Aaron, of Reading, Pennsylvania, his parentage and
home are unknown, was living in Reading in 1840.
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327
Diary: June 29, 1775 - July 4, 1776. A diary of the siege of Bos-
ton. The company to which he belonged was ordered to Cambridge.
A picture of the daily life, employments and small events of camp
life among the soldiers.
MS. published in Historical Magazine, July, 1862. Also in Boston
Transcript, Apr. 11, 1862.
Wright, Benjamin, Capt., of Northfield, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Burt) Wright ; b. July 13, 1660 ; m. (1) Mar. 22, 1681,
Thankful Tavlor, (2) July 19, 1701, Mary Baker of Springfield ; d.
1743.
Diary : July 27 - Sept. 2, 1725. Of a scouting expedition to Lake
Champlain.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 111. Pub. in "History of
Northfield," Temple and Sheldon.
Wright, Noah, Deacon, of Deerfield, Mass., s. of Judah and Sa-
rah (Woodford) (Burke) Wright, b. 1716 ; m. Jan. 20, 1746, Esther
Scott ; d. Nov. 7, 1797.
Diary : June 19, 1746 - Apr. 16, 1747. A journal of items of news
as it came to him of Indian raids ; apparently he was not with the
army.
MS. extracts published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1848, edited
by Stephen Williams, M. D. of Deerfield.
Wright, Samuel, Capt., of Rutland, Mass., s. of Edward and
Hannah ( ) Wright, b. Apr. 9, 1670; m. Mary Stevens; d. at Rut-
land, Jan. 15, 1739/40.
Diary: (1) Nov. 27, 1724 -June 9,1725. (2) June 10 -Nov. 10,
1725. Scouting expeditions, both in the vicinity of Rutland. He
describes guarding "the people in the fields," "at their work," "the
carts with stores," "about the meeting house," "the people cutting
stalks," &c.
MSS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, (1) p. 100, (2) p. 122. Both
published in "Rutland and the Indian Troubles," F. E. Blake. Also
in Pro. of Wor. Soc. of Antiquity, 1885.
Wyman, Isaac, Capt., of Woburn and later of Keene, N. H.,
Lieut, of Fort Massachusetts, s. of Joshua and Mary (Pollard) Wyman,
b. Jan. 18, 1725 ; m. Sarah Wells, 1747 ; d. Mar. 31, 1792 in Keene.
Diary : May 19 - July 10, 1756. "A journal of Operations at Fort
Massachusetts."
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
MS. extracts published in Perry's "Origins in Williamstown," page
278.
Wyman, Seth, of Woburn, Mass., s. of Seth and Esther (Johnson)
Wyman of Woburn, b. Sept. 13, 1686; m. Jan. 26, 1715/16, Sarah
Ross of Billerica ; d. Sept. 5, 1725.
Diary: July 8- Aug. 5, 1725. Scouting expedition from Woburn
to Penicook with Woburn men.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 105. Unpublished.
Yeamans, John, of Noddle's Island (East Boston), Mass., s. of
Henry and (Shute) Yeamans, m. Elizabeth Shrimpton of Boston,
May 6, 1720 ; d. at Richmond Co., Surrey, England, previous to Oct.
4, 1749.
Diary: Nov. 1732 -May 4, 1733. "Short journal of the progress
of the sugar bill." "Showing the perseverance of Mr. Yeamans and
also being a record of intercourse with some of the most prominent
men in the kingdom."
MS. owned by Wm. H. Sumner of Boston, in 1858. Published in
"History of East Boston," by Wm. H. Sumner.
DIARIES KEPT BY UNKNOWN PERSONS
Sept. 6, 1620 -Jan. 1622.
Diary : This is the journal known as "Mourt's Relation." The var-
ious entries are not dated but numbered. It gives accounts of the
doings of the early settlers at Plymouth. Is supposed to have been
written by several persons, among them Bradford, Winslow and Al-
lerton.
MS. printed first in 1622 in "Purchas' Pilgrims." Reprinted in
Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., Ser. I, Vol. 9, p. 205. Also reprinted with
corrections in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. 19, p. 27.
Sept. 8 - Oct. 15, 1715. Kept on Cape Cod, Mass.
Diary : this diary has the name of Solomon Otis in one of the en-
tries. It contains personal matters, short trips, marriages and deaths.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by heirs of Dr. Belknap,
1834.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
329
July 18, 1718- Jan. 24, 1720/1 and Sept. 5, 1722 -Apr. 15, 1726.
Diary : six large pages closely written. Largely of religious medi-
tations. Evidently kept by a minister.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
1730.
Diary : almanac with entries on the margins. Evidently kept by
a man living in Cambridge, Mass., a friend of Gov. Belcher who
"took up his lodgings at our home." Mentions the Brattles many
times, local and college matters. Some births and deaths.
MS. owned by the Am. Antiq. Soc.
I 1732 and 1733. Kept in Cambridge, Mass.
Diary : two Ames' Almanacs with marginal notes. Births, deaths
and personal affairs.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
1734.
Diary : interleaved Nathan Bowen Almanac. The first page has
the inscription "William Blake his book," but the entries are in an-
other hand; weather and amount and kind of medicine taken.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
Aug. 20 - Sept. 6, 1735. A diary of Governor Belchers trip.
Diary : this is a diary of the Governor's trip to consult with the
Indians in Deerfield and the western part of the state. Writter un-
known.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Published in "Old New Eng-
land Inns," by Mary C. Crawford.
June 3, 1744 - May 25, 1756.
Diary : "A book of Remarkable Providences which are to be kept
in Remembrance by us and our children after us."
MS. extracts which relate to storms, earthquakes, &c, in "The
Clapp Memorial," Clapp, p. 377.
Mar. 14 -Oct. 1745.
Diary : Kept by a Conn, soldier in the expedition against Louis-
burg under Sir Wm. Pepperrell, 96 pages. "He has noted the various
incidents which came under his observation or were related to him
by comrades in arms with a freshness and condor which he would
not have done perhaps had his narrative been intended for publication.
MS. owned by the late George D. Smith, 70 Wall St., New York.
330
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
Mar. 16 -July 29, 1745.
Diary : diary of an expedition to Louisburg. The writer was a
member of Capt. Joseph Richardson's Co. and also part of the time
in that of Capt. Rous. Describes the siege, the taking of the Grand
Battery and gives the terms of capitulation.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by heirs of Dr. Belknap.
Mar. 24 -June 15, 1745.
Diary : expedition to Louisburg and account of the siege.
MS. owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc, given by the heirs of Dr. Bel-
knap.
Mar. 24 -June 17, 1744/5.
Diary : of the expedition to Louisburg in the fleet of Capt. Rou s.
Arrives at Canso. Account of the Royal battery and the attack on
the town, ends with the surrender.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by the heirs of Dr. Belknap.
In volume "Siege of Louisburg."
Mar. 24 -June 17, 1744/5.
Diary : of the expedition to Louisburg. 'The forces raised within
the Province of the Massachusetts Bay being about 3250 men, ex-
clusive of Commisioned Officers, embarked Mar. 24, 1744/45, under
convoy of the Shirley Galley, then in the employ of the government
and now His Majesty's Frigate Shirley, Capt. Rous, Commander."
MS. owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc, given by the heirs of Dr. Bel-
knap.
Aug. 3 -Sept. 30, 1745.
Diary: journal of the expedition to Louisburg. He sails from
Nantasket. Account of the threatened mutiny among the garrison
and the honors bestowed on the General, Warren, &c This journal
and the three preceding it are in similar handwriting and may all be
copies from the originals.
MS. owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc, given by the heirs of Dr. Bel-
knap.
Dec. 19, 1745 -Oct. 18, 1748.
Diary : "Journal while a captive in the hands of the French and
Spaniards ; transcribed from my Private notes in Rhode Island, Anno
1748." He shipped on board the Adventure, Capt. John Oldham.
Was captured March 4 by a French Man-of-war. This last boat cap-
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
331
tures others, the sloop Squirrel from Nantucket, Capt. Zephaniah Pink-
ham, Commander among them. He was imprisoned in Quebec with
New England men and gives many records of their deaths, usually
telling the place they came from as well as their names. Later he is
in Boston and the diary ends on the island of Prudence in Narragan-
sett Bay where he was at the home of Mr. Gideon Freeborn. Rev.
John Norton was a prisoner with him. Written in a bright enter-
taining manner, good handwriting with extracts from English and
Latin poets. Last entry written in Rhode Island. "The assembly
in this Colony Sat 48 hours on a Quere whether oysters where Fish
or vegetables. Carried for ye Former by 10 votes."
MS. owned by the Library of Congress.
July 21 - Aug. 30, 1746.
Diary : Journey from Boston to Albany with Hon. Jacob Wendell,
Samuel Welles, Capt. John Phillipps, and others to attend a confer-
ence with the Six Nations. In Albany they are entertained by the
Governor and attend various meetings from July 29 to Aug. 24, when
they leave for home.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library. Published in facsimile in
their Bulletin, 4th Ser., No. 2.
July, 1747 -Jan. 1749.
Diary: A journal of a voyage in the French and Indian war to
Grand Pre, Basin of Minas, Piziquid. Partly an account book.
Gives an account of a skirmish with the enemy. Seems to be partly
kept by John and Joseph Gorham, and perhaps in part by Wm. "Crow."
MS. owned by Old Newbury Hist. Soc.
1749.
Diary: Ames* Almanac, interleaved. Contains items of many in-
teresting public events. "The writer was evidently a man of some
prominence and possibly a member of the Council. ... A late owner
has pencilled inside the cover that it is the diary of John Clarke, sec-
retary to Gov. Shirley.
MS. owned by the Walpole Galleries, N. Y.
1755.
Diary : an interleaved almanac. Seems to be the diary of a chap-
lain of a regiment. He travels from Boston to Albany and Lake
George where he is in camp. Short entries, accounts, a few deaths,
list of things he carries, &c.
MS. owned by the American Antiq. Society, gift of Charles P.
Greenough of Boston.
332
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
July 8, 1755 -Oct. 5, 1756.
Diary: evidently kept by a man living in Falltown near Deerfield,
Mass. He goes to Greenbush, Albany, Saratoga and Fort Massa-
chusetts. Stephen Williams preaches.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
1756.
Diary : a Roger Sherman Almanac with few entries. Mentions
Sister Foot. Keeps school. Some accounts.
MS. owned by Miss Mary Hoar, Worcester, Mass.
May 31 - June 7, 1756.
Diary : journal of an attack and murder by the Indians near St.
Georges.
MS. in Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 254.
1757 - 1758.
Diary : interleaved almanacs. Forty-eight pages of closely written
matter for each year. Kept by a doctor. Records of marriages,
deaths and funerals, details of petty farm business, account of the
weather, mention of public affairs, natural phenomena, &c.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Extracts in Narragansett
Hist. Register, Vol. IV, p. 37.
May 31 -June 8, 1757.
Diary : an account of Indian massacres near the "Mill Garrison"
and the "middle garrison."
MS. in Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 254.
May 3 -Nov. 14, 1758.
Diary : Journal of a Provincial officer in Northern New York. A
tradition affirms his name to have been Hatch of Massachusetts. In
Boston, he lodges with Capt. Hatch. "It is evidently the work of a
well educated man who enjoyed good opportunities for observation
and who has honestly stated in these pages matters of interest which
came to his knowledge."
MS. owned in 1871 by the family of Rev. E. W. Jackson. Pub-
lished in the Historical Magazine, August, 1871, edited by Isaac B.
Choate, Esq. of Gorham, Me. Also, in Nova Scotia Hist. Colls., Vol.
13.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
333
(1) Sept. 15 - Nov. 15, 1758. (2) May 15, 1759 - Sept. 24, 1760.
Diary : (1) "the record begins with an account of life at the Fort ;
describes such incidents of the war as the arrival and departure of
troops, actions between opposing forces, and rumors of movements
by the French or Indians. The volume contains descriptions of
Courts-Martial, notes of frontier life and closes with the record of a
march from Fort William Henry to Albany."
Diary : (2) diary of an expedition to Louisburg with account of
life on the coast of Cape Breton. The record begins with the de-
parture from Nantasket for Louisburg in the Oliver, goes to Cape
Breton, account of events follows, detailing movements of troops as
well as of vessels. Closes with the surrender. These two diaries
are bound together and are evidently by the same hand.
MSS. owned by the American Antiquarian Society.
1759 - 1760. Kept at East Greenwich, R. I.
Diary : Almanac. Personal and public affairs.
MS. extracts in Newport Hist. Mag., Vol. I, p. 123.
May 16 - Nov. 28, 1759, with other entries of a later date not
connected with the campaign.
Diary : the journal of a soldier at Crown Point. "The record
begins with an account of conditions at Albany and notes of the
march from Springfield thither ; this is followed by notes of march
to Saratoga and description of local events about Crown Point ; the
most common entry until November being "nothing extraordinary."
Appended to the diary proper are various Orders for the 1st battalion
of Brig. Gen. Timothy Ruggles' Regiment by Cornelius Stowell and
Joseph Ingersoll."
MS. owned by the American Antiquarian Society.
1765. Of Fort Cumberland and Nova Scotia.
Diary: Nath. Ames Almanac, interleaved. Weather in detail,
sailing and arrival of boats to and from Boston, Rhode Island, and
Newfoundland. Indian alarms, details of a trip to Halifax and his
visit there.
MS. owned by Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
1769.
Diary : Interleaved almanac kept by a shop keeper of Newbury.
Some deaths, short entries of weather, daily doings, local news,
comets, &c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
334
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
1771. Of Lebanon ?, Conn.
Diary: Interleaved almanac (N. Y. Pocket Almanac). Personal
doings, local items. The writer seems to be a member of the Gen-
eral Assembly. The name of Nath. Bulfinch, Jr. appears on the
cover.
MS. owned by N. Y. Public Library.
June 1, 1772 - Oct. 16, 1785 (dates of extracts). Kept in Dorches-
ter, Mass.
Diary: Personal and town matters, vital statistics, church and
war news.
MS. owned in 1876 by Mrs. Elizabeth (Clapp) Jones. Extracts in
"The Clapp Memorial," p. 376.
1774.
Diary : Interleaved almanac with few entries. Some town matters.
Mentions "Father Quincy" also the Sun Fire Society and frequent
hunting trips to Braintree Bay with Deacon Foster, Capt. Handfield
and Bosing Foster.
MS. owned by Massachusetts Historical Society.
Apr. 18, 1775 -Oct. 1777.
Diary: "it contains four important items, an occount of the Battle
of Lexington, mentioning the capture of Paul Revere ; the Battle of
Bunkerhill ; an account of Burgoyne's campaign and the terms of
his capitulation with Gen. Gates ; and an incomplete account of the
travels of Lady Harriet Auckland with her husband through the
Canadian campaign up to the time of his capture by Gen. Gates and
of her journey to Gen. Gates' camp to nurse her husband." Diary
and Orderly Book. Probably kept by a British subaltern.
MS. sold by Anderson, Auction Co., New York, Jan. 10, 1921.
Unpublished.
July 13 -Dec. 31, 1775. Called Hendrick's Journal. Author
unknown.
Diary: A journal of Arnold's campaign. "Of a march of a Party
of Provincials from Carlyle to Boston and from thence to Quebec
with an account of the attack and engagement at Quebec." This
was a party of riflemen under Capt. Wm. Hendricks and John Cham-
bers. He goes through Conn. On page 39 of "Arnold's March
from Cambridge to Quebec," Prof. Justin H. Smith gives his reasons
for thinking the author of this journal may be Serg't. Wm. McCoy.
MS. published in Glasgow, 1775. Also in Penn. Archives, Vol. XV.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
335
1776.
Diary : Interleaved almanac of his own doings, perhaps lives at
Haverhill ; some of the time with Dr. Holyoke in Salem. Is at the
taking of Dorchester Heights.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
Jan. 4 - Apr. 6, 1776. Kept by a lieutenant in a Connecticut regi-
ment. A manuscript of over a hundred pages.
Diary : "I dont know where so minute a description of the partic-
ulars attending the evacuation of Boston by the British Army in
1776 can be found as in the following diary."
MS. extracts published in Historical Magazine, October, 1864.
Mar. 7, 1776 -Dec. 26, 1776.
Diary : "Journal of the operations of the American army under
Gen. Sir Wm. Howe from the evacuation of Boston to the end of the
campaign of 1776." By a British officer. He goes from Boston to
Halifax, Staten Island, New York, is in the battles of Long Island,
Trenton and White Plains.
MS. published in the "Evelyns in America," by G. D. Scull, p. 319,
"copied from the original MSS. Journal."
Mar. 17 -Dec. 26, 1776.
Diary : Journal of the operation of the American army under Sir
William Howe from the evacuation of Boston to the end of the cam-
paign. Last entry. "This morning at day break the Post at Trenton
commanded by Col. Ratt was surprised by the rebels and obliged to
surrender, prisoners of war."
MS. owned by the British Museum, Egerton MSS., 2135, folio 7.
June 13 -Aug. 25, 1777.
Diary : Kept in the vicinity of Boston. Seems to be largely the
proceedings of the regimental court. Kept by some one in the com-
pany of T. Crafts.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
July 29 -Aug. 29, 1778.
Diary : diary of events during the stay of the French fleet at
Newport. Four pages.
MS : sold at American Art Galleries, Jan. 1, 1921, for $225
336
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
July 29 - Oct. 4, 1778.
Diary : kept in the British garrison at Newport, R. I. Describes
the arrival and departure of the French and English fleets and the
land operations of the campaign. 27 pages.
MS. owned by New York Public Library.
1779.
Diary: Stafford's Connecticut Almanac interleaved. Kept ob-
viously by a school master near New Haven. Record of weather
conditions and remarks about the troops from New Haven to Green-
wich. Records the arrival of his pupils.
MS. owned by Mr. James O. Wright, 7 East 42 St., N. Y.
Jan. 1 - Dec. 3, 1779.
Diary : kept in Poor Will's Almanac, by a civil or military agent
of the American army. A line a day giving his various trips from
Fishkill and New Windsor to Washington's headquarters at New-
burgh and to other places in New York and Conn.
MS. owned by Mr. James Osborne Wright, 7 East 42nd St., New
York.
June 9 - Aug. 17, 1779.
Diary : "A journal of the march of Gen. Clinton's brigade from
Albany to Tioga in the Susquehanna. The day before the writer
arrives home he goes to Sheffield and Salisbury. After he is at home,
he goes to Canaan.
MS. the American Antiquarian Society owns what is probably a
copy of the original.
Aug. 5 -Aug. 20, 1780.
Diary : commenced at Walpole, when he leaves for Providence in
Major Sprague's chaise ; goes to Portsmouth, R. L, with the troops,
then to Newport. Gives the names of officers in Col. Wadworth's
regiment. Rather long entries.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
May 8 -May 25, 1781.
Diary: the substance of what passed in conversation with Col. Ira
Allen.
MS. kept by one of the British Commissioners. In the Haldimand
Papers. Published in Vermont Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol II, p. 109.
NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
337
1783.
Diary : Fleet's Almanac, interleaved. "The owner has noted the
different places he went to ; having Boston for his starting place he
travelled nearly two thousand miles."
MS. owned by L. Kashnor (dealer), 45 Museum St., London.
Dec. 13, 1783 -Oct. 30, 1793.
Diary : A record of fires, deaths, natural phenomena, executions
and personal affairs. Only occasional entries but covering many
towns, Boston, Hebron, Conn., Plaistow and Charlestown, where the
entries are more detailed.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society.
Oct. 9 -Oct. 20, 1786 (possibly longer).
Diary : Of a trip to Penobscot to observe the eclipse of the sun.
He was in the same party as Judge John Davis. "He kept a regular
journal of his proceedings and observations."
MS. cited in Bibliography of Vermont, p. 334.
Feb. 7 -Feb. 12, 1789.
Diary : "Journal of our journey to Conn, and Mass." 26 pages.
Mentions many merchants of the period. Kept by one of the Brown
Brothers of Providence.
MS. sold by Scott & O'Shaughnessy, auctioners, New York City.
1790, in Topsfield, Mass.
Diary : Samuel Bullard Almanac with marginal notes ; mostly a
record of deaths with a few marriages and one or two farming notes.
MS. owned by Mr. S. L. Munson, Albany, N. Y.
- 1791.
Diary : Osgood Carleton almanac. Farming notes, deaths and
burials. Apparently written by a man living in that part of Lan-
caster which afterwards became West Boylston.
MS. owned by American Antiquarian Society. Unpublished.
July, 1793 - Aug. 1845.
Diary : Two volumes containing personal and general items,
weather and many vital statistics, of Taunton and vicinity. Supposed
to have been kept by Dea. Lemuel Leonard, who, however, was only
eleven when the diary commences.
MS. owned by Old Colony Hist. Soc.
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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES
1796.
Diary : Interleaved almanac kept in Salem. Begins with an ac-
count of an execution and sermon to the condemned, Henry Black-
burn who murdered George Wilkinson. Weather, personal doings,
texts, deaths, marriages. "Mr. Fisher" usually preaches.
MS. owned by Essex Institute ; given by Mrs. Henry Gardner.
1797.
Diary: Wheeler's North American Calendar, interleaved. Kept
by a minister, of his personal doings.
MS. cited in Riders "Book Notes," Vol. XI, p. 133.
NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
Adams, Ebenezer, of Killingly, Conn., in Capt. Grosvenor's Co.,
Col. Durkee's Regiment, s. of Ebenezer and Ruth (Merrill) Adams,
b. in Killingly, Nov. 23, 1751 ; m. Apr. 6, 1779, Elizabeth Martin ; d.
in Red Hook, Jan. 31, 1846.
Orderly Book : July 15 - Oct. 12, 1776 with later entries and accounts
in his handwriting. Kept at Paulus Hook and Fort Constitution.
Filed in the Pension Office.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Adams, Josiah, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Samuel and Mary (Brown)
Adams of Newbury, b. Apr. 3, 1757; d. Jan. 5, 1852.
Orderly Book: May 20- June 26, 1776. Kept part of the time in
Long Island.
MS. owned by Mrs. Gardner Little, 176 High St., Newburyport,
Mass. Unpublished.
Alger, Nicholas, of Rehoboth, Mass., m. Rebecca .
Orderly Book : May 10 - Nov. 26, 1779. Kept at Providence and
Newport. He was private in 1st Co., 1st Reg., aged 25.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Allan, John, Col., See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: May 15 - Dec. 1777.
MS. owned by Hon. W. R. Allan, Dennysville, Me.
Allen, Willam, of Providence, R. I., s. of George and Sarah
(Spring) Allen of Rehoboth, b. Mar. 27, 1752; m. (1) Jan. 24, 1776,
Sarah Jones of Newport, (2) Sept. 30, 1798, Mary Nichols of Strat-
ford, Conn.
Orderly Book : Apr. 23 - Sept. 25, 1777. Kept at Morristown. He
was Captain in Col. Israel Angell's regiment.
MS. owned by Col. George L. Shepley, Providence. Unpublished.
V Ames, Jotham, of Bridgewater, Mass., s. of Solomon and Susanna
(Keith) Ames, b. in Bridgewater, Oct. 15, 1743; m. (1) Mrs. Keziah
(Ames) Howard, Sept. 16, 1767, (2) Sarah Bryant, June 24, 1786 ; d.
in New York.
(339)
340
NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
Orderly Book: Aug. 22, 1775 ; Dec. 17, 1775. Of Capt. Daniel
Lothrop's Co., Col. John Bailey's regiment, stationed at Roxbury.
Orders of Gen. Ward.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Arnold, Benedict, of New Haven, Conn., s. of Benedict and Han-
nah (Waterman) Arnold, b. in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 14, 1741 ; m.
(1) Margaret Mansfield of New Haven, Feb. 22, 1767, (2) Margaret
Shippen of Penn., May, 1779 ; d. in London, England, June 14, 1801.
Orderly Book: (1) Sept. 27 - Oct. 30, 1775. Regimental memoran-
dum book written at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Tells the daily
doings of himself and his men.
Orderly Book: (2) May 10 - June 24,1775. Daily entries of the
action of the army, orders given, fairly long, full of detail. "It is
certainly of prime importance."
MSS. the original MS. was sold at the Barlow auction in 1890.
A copy in Sparks Coll., Harvard College Library. (1) published in
Penn. Mag. of Hist., Dec. 1884. (2) in "Arnold's March," J. H. Smith.
Also extracts in "Life of Arnold," Knapp, 1835.
[ Ashley, Moses, Major, of Stockbridge, Mass., s. of Moses and
Sarah (Taylor) Ashley, b. in Westfield, June 16, 1749 ; m. July 24,
1781 at Stockbridge, Mrs. Thankful (Ashley) Williams ; drowned
Aug. 25, 1791, in Lee, Mass.
Orderly Book: Aug. 13 -Nov. 1, 1780. Kept at Orangetown, N. J.
Headquarters at Tenach and Camp at Iotowa, of the Fifth Mass.
Reg. under Col. Rufus Putnam.
MS. owned by John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R. I. Un-
published. -
Avery, Jonathan, of Montville, Conn., s. of Abner and Amy (Fox)
Avery, b. Sept. 10, 1755 at Montville; m. Dec. 11, 1782, Mrs. Pam-
elia (Fox) Avery ; d. in Charlemont, Mass., June 14, 1847.
Orderly Book : Aug. 13 - Nov. 2, 1776. Kept while he was with
Washington, when the army left New York for Long Island. He was
sergeant in Capt. James Chapman's Co., Col. Samuel Holden Parsons'
regiment.
MS. owned by Miss Julia M. Avery of La Moille, 111. Unpublished.
Bagley, Jonathan, Col., of Amesbury, Mass., s. of Orlando and
Dorothy (Harvey) Bagley, b. in Amesbury, Mar. 23, 1717 ; m. Doro-
thy Wells, Dec. 9, 1736 ; d. in Amesbury, Dec. 28, 1785.
NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
341
Orderly Book : Aug. 20 - Sept. 11, 1758. Of the regiment command-
ed by him when in provincial camp at Lake George. 34 pages.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Baldwin, Loammi, Col., See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: dated Headquarters.
MS. in State Archives, Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. 77. Unpublished.
Bangs, Nathaniel, Serg., of Hingham, Mass., in Col. Jotham Gay's
Co., s. of David and Eunice (Stone) Bangs, b. in Harwich, Mass., Apr.
18, 1723 ; m. May 1, 1755, Ruth Lane in Hingham ; d. July 28, 1770.
Orderly Book: Apr. 11, 1759 - June 5, 1760. An account book.
Kept at Castle William and Fort Edward.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. given by Dr. Edward Jarvis. Un-
published.
Barlow, Aaron, of Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., of Col.
David Waterbury's Regiment, s. of Samuel and Esther (Hull) Barlow
of Fairfield, Conn., b. Feb. 11, 1750; m. Dec. 27, 1772, Rebecca San-
ford ; d. in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 12, 1800.
Orderly Book: (I) June 13 -Dec. 6, 1775. Kept at Greenwich
Camps. Half Moon, Saratoga and Albany.
Orderly Book : (2) June 2 - Dec. 6, 1775. Diary of the march from
Greenwich to Albany, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Lake Champlain,
St. Johns. The diary is in the last part of the orderly book.
MSS. (1) copy owned by N. Y. Historical Society, presented by A.
B. Olmstead, who, in 1849, owned the original. (1) and (2) owned by
Charles Burr Todd, Reading. (1) published in Am. Hist. Reg., Feb.
1896. (2) in full in "History of Redding." Also in Am. Hist. Reg.,
Mar. 1895.
Barrett, Stephen, Major, of Billerica, Mass., s. of John and
Martha (Heald) Barrett of Acton, b. October 1, 1756; m. Lucy Kid-
der, Apr. 8, 1781 ; d. Aug. 16, 1811.
Orderly Book: Aug. 6, 1779- Apr. 20, 1780. Dates from Bedford,
Croton, Peekskill, Fishkill, Robinson's House, Highlands and other
places in New York. Of Gen. John Sullivan's expedition against the
Indians. 222 pages.
MS. owned by Mr. Geo. D. Smith, 547 Fifth Ave., N. Y. in 1916.
Beers, Joseph Wheeler, of Woburn, Mass. Partly by some one
else ; m. Oct. 3, 1786, Esther Richardson of Woburn ; d. Feb. 2,
1833, aged 69 years.
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NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
Orderly Book: 1704 - 1828. Of the East Company of the Woburn
Militia.
MS. owned by Woburn Public Library.
Belding, Simeon, Major, of West Hartford, Conn., m. Abigail
Wells, daughter of Ebenezer Wells.
Orderly Book : July 20 - Nov. 9, 1779. He was deputy quarter-
master general during the war of the Revolution.
MS. owned by Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Bell, William Mordaunt, Adj., of New Castle, N. H., s. of
Meshech Bell, Jr., b. in Stratham, N. H., Feb. 22, 1758.
Orderly Book: May 19 - July 25, 1779. Of Col. Geo. Reid's Com-
pany, 2d N. H. Regiment, in Sullivan's Expedition.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Bowen, Nathan, 2d, of Marblehead, Mass. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : Apr. 9- July 6, 1775. Kept during the sojourn of
the troops at Cambridge and Winter Hill.
MS. owned by Dr. William E. Story, Worcester, Mass. Copy of
part in Boston Public Library.
Boyd, John, of Wrentham, Mass., m. in Wrentham, Oct. 6, 1763,
Hannah Dean ; d. July 27, 1828 in Franklin.
Orderly Book : July 21 - Aug. 3, 1759 (dates of extracts). Kept at
Fort Cumberland.
MS. owned in Medway. Extracts in "Dedication of a Monument
to the Men of Walpole and Vicinity," Walpole, 1901.
Boynton, Caleb, Jr., of Milford, Mass., in Capt. Thos. Williams'
Co., s. of Caleb and Rachel Boynton ; bapt. Feb. 9, 1755 in Milford ;
m. (1) Phebe , (2) Eleanor Parkes of Northbridge, int., Oct. 16,
1790.
Orderly Book : (1) Sept. 6 -Nov. 12, 1775. Kept near Boston.
Orderly Book: (2) July 16- Aug. 17, 1778. Kept at White Plains.
Both filed in the Pension Office.
MSS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Brown, Robert, Capt., of Conn.
Orderly Book : Aug. 16 - Sept. 19, 1776 with some later accounts.
Kept in New York. He was Capt. in the 3rd Co., 5th battalion.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
343
Brown.. Silas, Capt., of Stow, Mass., s. of Ephraim and Mary
( ) Brown of Stow, b. Mar. 28, 1721 ; m. Judith Marbel, int.
Feb. 25, 1743/4.
Orderly Book: Aug. 31 -Nov. 2, 1760. Order book and diary.
Capt. Brown was an officer in the provincial army under command
of Col. Haviland sent from Massachusetts in the summer of 1760 for
the reduction of Canada. He gives lists of the men with him. Is at
Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Chamblee, &c. Also a few Whitcomb
vital statistics.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Given by Mr. Wm. V. Wells.
Unpublished.
Brown, Simeon, Capt., of Danvers, Mass., s. of Bartholomew
and Sarah (Rea) Brown, b. Jan. 27, 1748 ; m. June 11, 1782, Polly
Thorndike of Beverly.
Orderly Book: Aug. 6 - Dec. 29, 1778. He was in Col. Nath.
Wade's regiment. Kept at Providence.
MS. owned by Essex Inst. Pub. in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., July,
1922.
Buckmaster, Richard, Adj., of Salem, Mass., d. Nov. 11, 1779.
Orderly Book : Aug. 8, 1778 - Feb. 1, 1779. Kept at Headquarters,
at Danbury, New Milford, Peekskill, &c. He was adjutant of the
6th Mass., Col. T. Nixon's Reg.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
Bull, Joseph, Capt., of Hartford, Conn., s. of Daniel Bull, b. Feb.
11, 1735/6; will proved 1797.
Orderly Book : May 25 - Nov. 1, 1759. Kept at the siege of Fort
Niagara. 'The entries in various handwritings, give all details of
the troops, number of men for guards, landing parties, paroles and
other minute and interesting details." Commences at Schenectady
and ends at Fort Ontario.
MS. sold by Anderson Auction Co., Mar. 1904.
Burgoyne, John, Gen., of Hackney, Middlesex, England, s. of
John and Madia (Burnestone) Burgoyne, b. Feb. 4, 1722/3; m.
about 1743, Lady Charlotte Stanley ; d. June 4, 1792.
Orderly Book : June 20 - Oct. 16, 1777. Kept from the time of his
entry into the State of New York until his surrender at Saratoga.
He gives an account of the battle of Hubbardton and refers to the
Battle of Bennington.
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NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
MS. deposited at Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y.
Published, Albany, 1860.
Burnham, Thomas, Major, of Ipswich, Mass., s. of Thomas and
Judith (Lord) Burnham, b. Feb. 20, 1750 ; m. Nov. 6, 1783, Rebecca
Dodge; d. Mar. 7, 1833.
Orderly Book: Mar. 10 -Mar. 31, 1776. Commences at Cambridge
and is all kept in the vicinity of Boston.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
u Burton, Jonathan, of Wilton, N. H. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : Dec. 10, 1775 - Jan. 26, 1776. Kept while he was
sergeant in Capt. Benj. Taylor's Co. in service at Winter Hill.
MS. owned by N. H. Hist. Soc. Published by Republican Press
Asso., Concord, N. H., 1885.
Carew, Zabdiel.
Orderly Book: Apr. 10, 1778 - Feb. 7, 1799. "An orderly book be-
longing to Capt. Thomas Carlyle's Comp. of Col. Robt. Elliott's Regi-
ment of Artillery."
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc.
Chester, John, Col., of Wethersfieid, Conn., s. of John and Sarah
(Noyes) Chester, b. Jan. 29, 1749 at Wethersfieid; m. Elizabeth
Huntington of Norwich, Nov. 25, 1773 ; d. Nov. 4, 1809.
Orderly Book : June 5 - June 17, 1775. The extracts relate to the
battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill.
MS. extracts published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro., Vol. XIV, p. 87.
Cilley, Joseph, Col., of Nottingham, N. H., s. of Capt. Joseph
and Alice (Rawlins) Cilley, b. 1734 ; m. Nov. 4, 1756, Sarah Long-
fellow ; d. Aug. 25, 1799.
Orderly Book : (1) 1778 - 1780. Orderly books of the First N. H.
Regiment in camp at Valley Forge, White Plains, &c.
Orderly Book: (2) Dec. 1780- May 1781. Orderly book of the Sec-
ond N. H. regiment in camp at West Point, New Hampshire Village
and New Windsor.
MSS. owned by Mrs. Bradbury L. Cilley, 15 Elliot St., Exeter,
N. H. Unpublished.
Clap, Caleb, Ensign, of Sudbury and Greenfield, Mass., s. of Joel
and Elizabeth (Burk) Clap, b. Feb. 9, 1752 in Hardwick, Mass. ; m.
Mar. 17, 1782, Mrs. Elizabeth Stone of Rutland; d. June 12, 1812.
NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
345
Orderly Book: (1) Sept. 24, 1778 - July 9, 1779. Kept at Danbury,
Peekskill and West Point.
Orderly Book: (2) 1780. Kept at West Point.
MSS. (1) owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished. (2) owned
by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso., Deerfield, Mass.
Xlark, Asahel, of Woodstock, Conn., s. of Rowland and Hannah
(Lawrence) Clark, b. Sept. 5, 1744 ; m. (1) Nov. 12, 1771, Dorothy
Hyde, (2) June 22, 1786, Mary Bugbee; d. Nov. 11, 1796.
Orderly Book: June 21 -Oct. 9, 1775. Kept at headquarters at
Cambridge and Prospect Hill. "It is full of interesting data for the
historian."
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
~ Cobb, Samuel, Capt., of Portland, Me., in Jedediah Preble's Reg.,
s. of Dea. Samuel and Abigail Cobb, b. at Middleborough, Mass.,
Mar. 10, 1717/18; m. (1) 1740, Thankful Bangs, (2) Sept. 16, 1750,
Sarah Bangs ; d. probably at New Casco, after Jan. 1789.
Orderly Book : May - Nov. 1758. Of the Louisbourg expedition.
MS. unpublished.
. Cole, Thomas, of Beverly, Mass., possibly Thomas Herrick Cole
son of Weeden and Sarah (Herrick) Cole, b. Oct. 6, 1757 ; m. Mrs.
Susannah Cleaves, int., Aug. 14, 1781.
Orderly Book : July 2 - Oct. 9, 1778. Kept at headquarters at
Boston. Contains a list of prisoners taken in York during the cam-
paign of 1776.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Cook, Thaddeus, Col., of Wallingford, Conn., s. of Capt. Samuel
and Hannah (Lewis) Cook, b. Sept. 10, 1728 ; m. (1) Nov. 28, 1750,
Lois Beach, (2) Dec. 13, 1753, Sarah Hall of Cheshire ; d. Feb. 27,
1800.
Orderly Book : Sept. 6 - Oct. 6, 1777. Kept at Stillwater.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Crowley, Florence, of Boston.
Orderly Bock: Jan. 29, 1780 -May 31, 1781. Kept at Robinson's
Farm and the Highlands. He was in Col. John Crane's Reg,, Capt.
Wm. Treadwell's Co., in Knox's Artillery.
MS. owned by N. Y. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
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NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
Cushing, Nathaniel, Capt., of Pembroke, Mass., s. of Nehemiah
and Sarah (Humphrey) Cushing, b. Apr. 8, 1753; m. Nov. 1775,
Elizabeth Heath of Pembroke ; d. in Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 1814.
Orderly Book: (1) Apr. 15 - June 20, 1783, (2) Jan. 2 - Feb. 25, 1783,
(3) Oct. 16 - Nov. 24, 1783. Kept at Newburgh, N. Y.
MSS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Dain (Dean), John, Sergt., of Freeport, Me.
Orderly Book: May 27, 1778 - Jan. 20, 1780. Kept at Stillwater,
Fort Alden, Middlebrook, Robinson's Farm and Westpoint. Gives a
list of those killed at Cherry Valley. It also includes a journal. 128
pages. Sergt. Dean was of Capt. Daniel Lane's Co., Col. Ichabod
Alden's Reg.
MS. owned by Me. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Dearborn, Henry, Gen., of Nottingham, N. H. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : Jan. 12 - Feb. 4, 1777. Kept in Delaware. He was
of the 3d N. H. Regiment.
MS. owned by J. H. Auburn, Osborne, N. Y.
Deshon, Moses, of Boston, Mass., m. (1) in Boston, June 3, 1731,
Persis Stevens, (2) June 14, 1739, Mehitable Gerrish ; d. in Boston,
Sept. 29, 1779, aged 70.
Orderly Book: May 7 -Sept. 28, 1756. "Muster roll of his com-
pany. Rolls at Fort Edward, August 1, 1756. Return of companies
at Fort Miller, June 24. Order book and journal."
MS. owned by Boston Atheneum. Unpublished.
Dike, Nicholas, Col., of Westminster, Mass., s. of Benjamin and
Ann (Lucas) Dike, b. at Beverly, Nov. 2, 1722 ; m. Mary Hastings of
Lunenburg, 1756 ; d. July 29, 1812.
Orderly Book : Aug. 16, 1776 - Mar. 23, 1777. Kept at Dorchester
Heights.
MS. owned by Mr. Sewell Morse of Westminster in 1893. Un-
published.
[ . Doolittle, Ephraim, Col., of Petersham, Mass., s. of Lieut.
Samuel and Jane (Wheeler) Doolittle, b. at Stafford, Oct. 29, 1725 ;
m. int. May 26, 1750, Sarah Morton of Hatfield ; d. in Shoreham,
Vt, 1807.
Orderly Book : Apr. 22 - Aug. 19, 1775. Kept at Bunker Hill and
during the siege of Boston.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
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347
Douglass, William, Capt., of New Haven, Conn., s. of Col.
John and Olive (Spaulding) Douglass, b. in Plainfield, Conn., Jan. 27,
1742/3; m. July 5, 1767, Hannah Mansfield of New Haven; d. May
28, 1777.
Orderly Bock : (1) May 31 - Nov. 4, 1759. Kept at Ticonderoga
and Crown Point. He was clerk of Capt. Crary's regiment.
Orderly Book : (2) July 10 - Dec. 13, 1776. Kept in New York and
vicinity.
MSS. (1) from May 31 - July 31, the MSS. is owned by the Mass.
Hist. Soc. The part from Aug. 1 - Nov. 4, by the Library of Con-
gress. (2) Force copy owned by Library of Congress, from original
owned by Henry Stevens, Jr., in 1843. All unpublished.
Eddy, Jonathan, Col., of Norton, Mass. and Eddington, Me., s.
of Eleazar and Elizabeth (Cobb) Eddy, b. in Norton, 1726 ; m. Mary
Ware, May 4, 1749 ; d. Aug. 1804.
Orderly Book: (1) June 22, 1755 -July 12, 1755. Orderly book
kept at camp at Fort Cumberland, N. S.
- Orderly Book : (2) Apr. 23 - Dec. 31, 1759. Orderly book and diary
when he served as captain in Col. Joseph Frye's regiment, for the
reduction of Canada.
Orderly Book: (3) Aug. 1-Aug. 25, 1759. Orderly book at
Machias. In the back of the book are lists of people married by
him as justice of the peace in 1795 to 1800.
MSS. (1) and (2) owned in 1877, by Joseph Porter of Burlington,
Me. (3) by Library of Congress. (2) published in "Jonathan Eddy of
Eddington, Me.," by J. W. Porter.
Elliot, Robert, Col., of Boston, Mass., s. of Andrew and Mary
(Trask) Elliot, b. in Boston, Apr. 18, 1739 ; m. (1) Jane Tuck, Dec.
16, 1761, (2) Mrs. Hitty Dodge, int., Nov. 15, 1784.
Orderly Book : Feb. 1 - July 12, 1779. Kept at Headquarters at
Providence.
MS. owned by R. I. Hist. Soc. ' Unpublished.
Fargo, Moses, of New London, Conn., s. of Robert and Prudence
(Stanton) Fargo of Montville, b. ab't 1760 ; m. Eleanor Comstock.
Orderly Book : Apr. 23 - Aug. 7, 1775. "Kept by himself at Cam-
bridge for the use of Capt. Wm. Coit's Co., it being the 4th Co., 6th
Regiment, under Col. Samuel Holden Parsons of Lyme."
MS. owned in 1879 by Miss M. E. S. Coit. Published in Conn.
Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. VII.
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NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
Fitch, Jabez. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : May 2 - Nov. 18, 1757 of Gen. Phineas Lyman's
Reg. at Scortercook and Fort Edward.
MS. published in 1896 by Wm. Seward Webb, N. Y., as "General
Orders of 1757."
Fogg, Jeremiah, of Kensington, N. H. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : Oct. 28, 1775 - Jan. 12, 1776. Kept on Winter Hill
during the siege of Boston.
MS. published in the Exeter Newsletter, 1903.
Ford, John, Capt., of East Chelmsford, Mass., s. of Robert and
Esther (Davis) Ford, b. Aug. 3, 1740; m. Sarah Barker, 1766?; d.
Nov. 6, 1822.
Orderly Book: Aug. 21 -Nov. 8, 1776. Kept at Ticonderoga. It
records trials by court martial, promotions of officers, punishments
of disorderly soldiers and various other matters pertaining to a
military encampment. His regiment was of Chelmsford.
MS. owned by Miss Josephine H. Earl, 295 Pawtucket St., Lowell,
Mass. Unpublished.
Foster, Jonathan, Capt., of Boxford, Mass., s. of Col. Jonathan
and Hannah (Peabody) Foster, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 11, 1727;
m. June 28, 1764, Rebecca Dorman ; d. July 28, 1813.
Orderly Book : May 21 - Sept. 10, 1758. Of the French and Indian
war. "Journal book for the Expedition to Canada and the marches
of Capt. Israel Herrick's Co." Exploring expeditions, death of Lord
Howe, &c.
MS. owned by Mrs. Caroline A. Rogers and Miss A. H. Howe,
Methuen, Mass. Unpublished.
Francis, John, Capt., of Beverly, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Rachel
(Tufts) Francis, b. in Medford, Sept. 28, 1753 ; m. (1) July 23, 1772,
Mrs. Sarah Babson of Wenham, (2) Aug. 3, 1780, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hopkins of Reading; d. July 23, 1822.
Orderly Book : (1) July 26 - Sept. 25, 1778. At White Plains, N. Y.,
ends at Danbury.
Orderly Book: (2) Oct. 7, 1778- Jan. 13, 1779. At Danbury, later
at Fredericksburg and West Point.
Orderly Book : (3) Feb. 1 - Apr. 30, 1779. At West Point.
Orderly Book: (4) Aug. 1 - Nov. 20, 1779. At Moor's House.
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Orderly Book : (5) Jan. 19 - Feb. 21, 1787. Orderly book of Shay's
Rebellion, in Worcester, Palmer and Pittsfield. During the Revolu-
tion Capt. Francis was in the 15th Mass. Battalion.
MSS. all owned by Essex Institute. Unpublished.
Frost, John, Jr., of Eliot, Maine. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: Dec. 31, 1776 - Aug. 23, 1781. Kept at Peekskill,
N. Y., and Kittery, Me.
MS. owned by Wm. Fogg Library, Eliot. Published in Old Eliot,
Vol. IV, pp. 26, 77 and 118.
Frost, Samuel, of Framingham, Mass., s. of Samuel and Rebecca
(How) Frost, b. in Framingham, July 13, 1751 ; m. Sept. 3, 1787,
Mary Hurd of East Sudbury ; d. Nov. 1, 1817.
Orderly Book: Sept. 16 - Nov. 7, 1780. Of General Robert Hows
division. Many officers and soldiers mentioned. Punishments of
the men, reports of the commissary department, orders relating to
Major Andre, &c. "This order book gives us an interesting and in-
structive view of Washington's army during one of the last years of
activity." At West Point and the Highlands.
MS. owned in 1913 by Nathan Goold of Portland, Me. Extracts
published in Portland Sunday Times, Apr. 15 and 22, 1906. Also in
Portland Argus, Feb. 8, 1913.
Frye, Joshua, Col., of Andover, Mass., s. of John and Tabitha
(Farnum) Frye, b. Apr. 10, 1701 ; m. (1) Mary Dane, July 14, 1724,
(2) Sarah Frye, Nov. 4, 1731 ; d. Oct. 2, 1768.
Orderly Book: June 25, 1759 -May 16, 1760. Kept at Fort Cum-
berland on the Potomac.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library. Unpublished.
Gage, Thomas, General, of High Meadow, Gloucestershire, Eng-
land, s. of Viscount Thomas and Benedicta Gage, b. 1721 ; m. Dec.
8, 1758 at Mt. Kembal, N. J., Margaret Kemball; d. Apr. 2, 1787.
Orderly Book : 1759 - 1777. Regimental and general orders.
MS. owned by British Museum, Addit. MSS. 21656/7, 21680,
21683.
Glover, John, Gen., of Marblehead, Mass., of the 27th Provincial
Regiment, s. of Jonathan, Jr. and Tabitha (Bacon) Glover, b. in Salem,
Nov. 5, 1732 ; m. Oct. 30, 1754, Hannah Gale ; d. Jan. 30, 1797.
Orderly Book : (1) June 30 - Sept. 14, 1775. Kept at Cambridge.
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Orderly Book: (2) Sept. 15, 1775 - Jan. 5, 1776. Kept at Cambridge.
Orderly Book: (3) Jan. 6 - July 26, 1776. Kept at Cambridge and
New York.
Orderly Book : (4) Oct. 19, 1776 - Oct. 14, 1778. Kept at Mile
Square, N. Y. and Providence.
Orderly Book: (5) Mar. 6 - July 28, 1779. Kept at Providence and
Ridgefield, Conn.
Orderly Booh: (6) Aug. 3 - Nov. 26, 1781. Kept at Philipsburg
and Highlands, N. Y. "It is doubtful whether there exists another
series so complete and well preserved as this."
MSS. owned by Essex Institute of Salem, presented by Hon. Rob-
ert Hooper. Extracts published in Essex Institute Hist. Colls., Vol. V,
p. 112.
Goodwin, Ichabod, of Berwick, Me., s. of Thomas and Mehitable
(Plaisted) Goodwin, b. June 17, 1700 ; m. Aug. 25, 1729, Elizabeth
Scamman of Saco.
Orderly Book : Apr. 15 - June 25, 1778. Kept in Boston.
MS. given by Wm. A. Goodwin to James S. Goodwin in 1884, and
untraced in 1894. Copv owned by Me. Hist. Soc. Published in Me.
Hist. Soc. Colls., 1894, 2d Ser., Vol. 5, pp. 33-71.
Greene, Christopher, Col., of Centreville, R. I., of Gen'l Nixon's
Brigade in the division of the army commanded by Gen. Chas. Lee,
s. of Judge Philip and Elizabeth (Wickes) Greene, b. at Warwick, May
12,1737; m. Anna Lippitt, May 6, 1757; killed May 13,1781 at
Croton River.
Orderly Book: (1) Oct. 5, 1776 -July 11, 1777. Kept at Harlem
Heights an'd Phillipsborough. Full details as to routes, &c. are given.
The army was under command of Gen. Putnam.
Orderly Book: (2) July 13 - Dec. 26, 1777 and in the back of the
same volume May 29 - July 22, 1779. Kept at Peekskill and Valley
Forge. Fills 144 closely written pages. Ends at Providence. "An
unusually interesting record of the American Revolution and especial-
ly so for an orderly book which as a rule is somewhat meagre of de-
tails, merely a species of military communication. ... It is exceed-
ingly minute in its mention of the ordinary occurences of the day
and has preserved to us much valuable material that otherwise would
have been left unrecorded."
MSS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc, presented by John How-
land, 1845. Unpublished.
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351
Greene, Nathaniel, Major General, of Warwick, R. L, s. of
Nathaniel and Phebe (Greene) Greene, b. in Warwick, R. I., May 27,
1742 ; m. July 20, 1774, Catharine Littlefield ; d. June 19, 1786.
Orderly Book: (1) Apr. 22 -July 8,1776. Kept at Long Island,
Forts Putnam and Greene, Cobble Hill, Kingsbridge, &c.
Orderly Book : (2) Aug. 1778. For only part of the month. At
Middletown.
Orderly Book : (3) July 30 - Oct. 8, 1780. Contains an announce-
ment of Arnold's treason. Part of the time he was in command of
the army in place of Gen. Washington. At Verplanck's Point, Bergen
and Tappan.
Orderly Book: (4) Sept. 17 -Nov. 19, 1780. 186 written pages,
part relating to the treason of Benedict Arnold, the trial of Major
Andre, at Tappan. West Point and vicinity.
Orderly Book : (5) Apr. 5 - Aug. 22, 1781. 144 pages. Accounts
of the Battle of Camden and the siege of Fort Ninety-six. Is of more
than usual interest.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. (2) by Adams Library,
Chelmsford, Mass. (3) by N. Y. Public Library. Unpublished.
UGreenleaf, Moses, Capt., of Newburyport, Mass. See under
Diaries.
Orderly Book: (1) Aug. 1 - Dec. 1, 1776. Kept at Dorchester and
Boston.
Orderly Book : (2) Mar. 23 - Apr. 4, 1777. "Narrates the princi-
pal events which occurred while the regiment was stationed at Ti-
conderoga and afterwards on its retreat with the rest of the garrison
before the overpowering forces of Burgoyne."
Orderly Book: (3) Jan. 1 - June 24, 1779. Kept at West Point and
at New Windsor.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
'- -Grosvenor, Thomas, Lt. - Col., of Pomfret, Conn., s. of John and
Hannah (Dresser) Grosvenor, b. in Pomfret, Sept. 20, 1744 ; m. Ann
Mumford of Newport ; d. July 11, 1825.
Orderly Book : (1) July 3 - Dec. 30, 1775. Kept at Cambridge.
Orderly Book : (2) 1780. Kept while serving as inspector of the
Conn. Division.
MSS. (1) copy owned by Library of Congress, made by Peter Force.
Unpublished.
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Hadden, James M., Lieut.
Orderly Book: June 3, 1776 -Feb. 7, 1778. Of orders issued by
Gen. Burgoyne, Sir Guy Carleton and Major Gen. Wm. Phillips.
MS. owned in 1874 by Gen. Horatio Rogers of Providence. Pub-
lished in Albany in 1874.
Hawks, John, Col., of Deerfield, Mass., s. of Eliezer and Judith
(Smead) Hawks, b. in Deerfield, Dec. 5, 1707; m. Dec. 10, 1730, Eliz-
abeth Nims ; d. June 24, 1784.
Orderly Book: (1) Apr. 25 - Apr. 30, 1748. Journal of a journey to
Canada by way of Lake Champlain and Sorel to make an exchange
of prisoners with the French.
Orderly Book : (2) May 9, 1759 - Sept. 8, 1760. Kept on the Ticon-
deroga and Crown Point Expedition under Gen. Amherst. Com-
mences at Worcester, goes to Albany, Fort Edward ; for some months
at Halfway Brook about seven miles from Fort Edward.
MSS. (1) in Mass. Archives. (2) owned by Vermont Hist. Soc.
(1) published in Sheldon's "Hist, of Deerfield," Vol. I, p. 558. (2) in
Society of Colonial Wars, N. Y., 1911.
Hazen, Moses, Col., of Haverhill, Mass., of "Hazen's Own," s. of
Moses and Abigail (White) Hazen of Haverhill, b. June 1, 1753 ; m.
Charlotte La Saussee; d. Feb. 4, 1803 in Troy, N. Y.
Orderly Book: Jan. 1 - Apr. 17, 1780. Kept at Morristown, N. J.
MS. copy made by Force in the Library of Congress from the orig-
inal owned in 1843 by Henry Stevens. Unpublished.
Heath, William, Gen., of Roxbury, Mass. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: Aug. 17, 1776 -June 22, 1783. Two books com-
mencing at-Kingsbridge and ending at Newburgh, N. Y.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Henshaw, William, Col., of Leicester. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: (1) May 9 -Nov. 28, 1759. Kept with his personal
diary of his march to Fort Edward and his stay there.
Orderly Book: (2) Apr. 20- Sept. 25, 1775. Kept at Cambridge.
Orderly Book: (3) Oct. 1, 1775 -Oct. 3, 1776. Kept at Bunker
Hill, Boston and Long Island. In three volumes.
MSS. (1) owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, pub. in their Transactions,
Vol. XI, p. 185. (2) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, pub. in Mass. Hist.
Soc Pro., Vol. XV, p. 75 and reprinted in Boston in 1881. (3) owned
by Am. Antiq. Soc.
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353
Hiller, Joseph, of Salem, Mass., s. of Joseph and Hannah (Welch)
Hiller, b. in Boston, Mar. 24, 1748; m. Margaret Cleveland; d. in
Lancaster, Feb. 9, 1814.
Orderly Book: Aug. 12 -Aug. 21, 1778. Sent to Major Joseph
Sprague from the camp before Newport.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
Hobart, Samuel, Adj., of Hollis, N. H., s. of Peter and Sarah
Hobart of Groton, Mass., b. Aug. 11, 1734; m. (1) Anna , (2)
in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 16, 1784, Sarah Adams; d. June 4, 1798.
Orderly Book : May 25 - Dec. 18, 1760. Kept at Crown Point, St.
Johns and Montreal. Contains lists of several companies.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Holmes, David, Dr., of Woodstock, Conn. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : Aug. 14 - Oct. 21, 1759. Kept at Crown Point.
MS. owned by Chief Justice O. W. Holmes, Washington.
Hooker, Roger, Major, of Farmington, Conn., s. of Roger and
Anna (Kellogg) Hooker, b. at Farmington, June 19, 1751 ; m. Apr.
17, 1782, Mary Treadwell of Farmington ; d. Dec. 27, 1830.
Orderly Book : (1) May 4 - May 25, 1775. Kept at Roxbury. 72
pages.
Orderly Book : (2) July 19 - Oct. 2, 1775. Kept at Roxbury.
MSS. (1) copy owned by the late Julius Gay of Farmington. (2)
original manuscript owned by the late F. L. Gay. Unpublished.
Howe, William, Sir, of Nottingham, England. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : June 17, 1775 - May 26, 1776. Kept at Charlestown,
Boston and Halifax. "Presents every detail of the administration
and discipline of the English army in the siege of Boston."
MS. owned by Library of the Royal Institution, London. Published
in London, 1890, edited by B. F. Stevens.
Hubbell, S. (possibly I. Hubbell), of Montgomery, Mass., perhaps
son of Peter and Katharine (Wheeler) Hubbell, b. in Newton, Conn.,
Feb. 24, 1738 ; m. (1) Elizabeth Edmond of Southberry, June 16,
1763, (2) Mrs. Hannah (French) Wheeler, 1785 ; d. Aug. 27, 1805.
Orderly Book : Aug. 14 - Oct. 9, 1780. Kept at Robinson's House
and West Point. The initial is not very plainly written. If S. it is
probably Silas Hubbell as given above.
MS. owned by New York Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
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• Huntington, Ebenezer, Gen., of Norwich, Conn., 1st Conn. Reg-
iment, s. of Gen. Jabez and Hannah (Williams) Huntington, b. Dec.
26, 1754 ; m. (1) Dec. 10, 1791, Sarah Isham of Colchester, (2) Oct.
7, 1795, Lucretia Mary McClellan ; d. at Norwich, June 17, 1834.
Orderly Book: (l) Sept. 7, 1778 - Oct. 8, 1783. Kept at Bristol, R. L,
Verplanck's Point and West Point.
Orderly Book: (2) May 19- Aug. 5, 1776. Kept in Camp at New
York. Possibly not kept by Gen. Huntington although owned by
his descendants.
MSS. (1) Force copy owned by Library of Congress, made from
the original owned at that time by his heirs. (2) same as above.
Unpublished.
Hutchinson, Israel, Col., of Danvers, Mass., s. Elisha and Gin-
ger (Porter) Hutchinson, bapt. Nov. 12, 1727 ; m. (1) 1748, Anna
Cue, (2) Mehitable (Putnam) Putnam ; d. Mar. 15, 1811.
Orderly Book : (1) May 19, 1775 - July 22, 1776. Lists of men,
prisoners, at Winter Hill, Dorchester, Cambridge, New York, &c.
Orderly Book : (2) Aug. 13, 1775 - July 8, 1776. Begun on Winter
Hill, much longer entries and fuller than No. 1. Contains list of men
who had enlisted for the county of Essex in the U. S. army.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Illsley, Daniel, Major, of Falmouth, Me., s. of Isaac and Abi-
gail (Moody) Illslay; b. 1740; m. Nov. 12, 1762, Mary Jones; d.
1813.
Orderly Book: (1) Jan. 14- Sept. 24, 1776. Kept at Falmouth, Me.
Has many references to forts and batteries in the harbor.
Orderly Book : (2) Apr. 2, 1777 - June 10, 1780. Records as muster
master for Cumberland Co., kept in the same volume as the orderly
book.
MSS. (1) extracts in "Portland in the Past, Goold," pp. 356-371. (2)
owned in 1886 by Wm. Goold. Published in "Portland in the Past,"
p. 372.
Johnson, Obadiah, Major, of Canterbury, Conn. See under
Diaries.
Orderly Book: (1) July 22 -Sept. 22, 1775. Kept at Cambridge.
He was Major of the Third Conn, regiment of which Israel Putnam
was Colonel.
Orderly Book: (2) Feb. 13, 1777- June 23, 1781. A volume of or-
ders and letters.
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355
MSS. (1) owned by Mr. F. M. Johnson, New York. Copies of
both by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Kemble, Stephen, Lt. - Col., of New Brunswick, N. J. Sounder
Diaries.
Orderly Book: Nov. 15, 1775 -June 2, 1778. Kept in Boston and
Nova Scotia, New York and Philadelphia.
MS. owned by New York Hist. Soc. Published in N. Y. Hist. Soc.
Colls., 1883.
Knower, John, of Worcester, Mass., s. of John and Phebe (Sprague)
Knower, b. in Maiden, Jan. 7, 1746/7; m. Jane ; d. in Shrews-
bury, Feb. 9, 1817.
Orderly Book: Feb. 15 -Aug. 26, 1779. Kept at Providence. He
belonged to Capt. William Gates' Company, Col. Timothy Bigelow's
Regiment.
MS. owned by Amer. Antiq. Soc.
Knox, Henry, Major General. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : (1) Oct. 6 - Nov. 24, 1776 and Dec. 23 - Dec. 27, 1776.
Among the Knox papers but is in a different handwriting and is
marked "of the British army." Kept at New York.
Orderly Book: (2) Mar. 27 - Sept. 7, 1777 and Jan. 1 - Aug. 8, 1781.
Kept at Morristown, Middlebrook, Schuylkill Falls, West Point, New
Windsor, Kingsbridge, &c.
MSS. both owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Lawrence, William, Sergt. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: July 11, 1779 -Feb. 21, 1780. Of the Penobscot
Expedition and siege. 84 pages. He was Orderly Sergeant of the
Royal Artillery.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, in F. L. Gay MSS. Published in
Bangor Hist. Mag., Vol. V, p. 146.
Learned, Ebenezer, Col., of Oxford, Mass., s. of Col. Ebenezer
and Deborah (Haynes) Learned, b. at Oxford, Apr. 18, 1728 ; m. (1)
Oct. 5, 1749, Jerusha Baker, (2) May 23, 1800, Eliphal Putnam ; d.
Apr. 1, 1801.
Orderly Book: July 29, 1775 - Jan. 12, 1776. Kept at Roxbury and
Cambridge. Formerly called "Gen. Ward orderly book."
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, given by Mr. Wm. A. Banister of
N. Y.
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NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
Lee, William, Major, of Marblehead, Mass. Also called Wm.
Raymond Lee, s. of John and Joanna (Raymond) Lee, b. July 30,
1745 ; m. Apr. 3, 1770, Mary Lemmon ; d. Oct. 26, 1824.
Orderly Book: June 23- Aug. 8, 1775. Kept at Winter Hill, Cam-
bridge and Roxbury. He was in Gen. Glover's 23d Mass. Regiment.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Lewis, Archelaus, Ensign, of Cumberland Mills, Me., s. of Capt.
Lewis, b. at Berwick, Me., Feb. 15, 1753 ; m. (1) Mar. 14, 1779, Re-
becca Hubbart, (2) Sept. 18, 1791, Elizabeth Brown, (3) Oct. 10, 1807,
Frances Angier ; d. at Westbrook, Jan. 20, 1834.
Orderly Book: he was Lieutenant and Adjutant in Col. Joseph
Vose's 1st Mass. Reg.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry H. Pierce, New York. Unpublished.
Lincoln, Benjamin, Gen., of Hingham, Mass. Sounder Diaries.
Orderly Book : 1787. Kept during Shay's Rebellion together with
letters. In the commissary department.
MS. owned by Berkshire Atheneum, Pittsfield, Mass. Unpub-
lished.
Xippitt, Christopher, of Cranston, R. L, Colonel in the 2d Regt.
of the Colony's Brigade, s. of Christopher and Catharine (Holden)
Lippitt, b. at Cranston, 1744 ; m. Mar. 23, 1777, Waite Harris ; d.
June 17, 1824, in his eightieth year.
Orderly Book: Mar. 13 - Nov. 2, 1776. Kept in the vicinity of New
York. Some of the time near King's Bridge.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Little, -Moses, Col., of Newbury, Mass. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: (1) June 26 -Apr. 1776. Of Gen. Greene's orders,
kept in the vicinity of Boston at Plowed Hill.
Orderly Book: (2) Apr. 30, 1776 (date of beginning). Kept near
New York City. He commanded the 12th Regiment of Foot.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished. (2) owned by
Mrs. Gardner Little, Newburyport. Unpublished.
Livermore, Daniel, of Concord, N. H. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : Sept. 25, 1780 -Feb. 16, 1781. Commences at
Orangetown, near North River and ends at New Hampshire Village.
Details the daily life in camp.
MS. owned by Mr. Wm. O. Fiske, Concord. Published in N. E.
Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. IX, p. 20.
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357
Lovell, Solomon, Gen., of Weymouth. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : July 21 - Aug. 15, 1779. Of the Penobscot expedi-
tion.
MS. owned by the late James Phinney Baxter, Portland, Me. Pub-
lished in Me. Hist. Soc. Colls., Doc. Hist., 2d ser., Vol. 16, p. 452.
Lyman, Phineas, Gen., of Suffield, Conn., s. of Noah and Eliza-
beth Lyman, bapt. Mar. 6, 1715; m. Oct. 7, 1742, Eleanor Dwight;
d. in West Florida, 1775.
Orderly Book : May 2 - Nov. 18, 1757. Kept most of the time at
Fort Edward.
MS. owned in 1898 by Dr. Wm. Seward Webb. Published, New
York, 1899, edited by W. C. Ford.
Mann, Sabin, Capt., of Medfield, Mass., of Medfield Militia, s. of
Richard and Sarah (Sabin) Mann, b. Aug. 24, 1747 ; m. (1) Hannah
Plimpton, Feb. 26, 1775, (2) Mary Stearns of Attleboro, May 1, 1785 ;
d. June 24, 1800.
Orderly Book : May 10, 1776 - Mar. 20, 1778. Of Medfield Militia,
with lists of men with warrants, receipts. Account of men who
marched on secret expedition to Rhode Island, etc.
MS. in Mass. State Archives, Medfield Militia Warrants, Vol. 16.
Mascarene, Paul, Capt. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: Sept. 5, 1735 -Mar. 29, 1737 and Jan. 30, 1745 - Dec.
13, 1748. Both kept while he was commander at Canso. Gives the
character, conduct and vices of the soldiery and inhabitants.
MSS. copies owned by Mass. Hist. Soc, among F. L. Gay MSS.
Unpublished.
Miller, James, Lieut., of Warren, R. I., s. of Benj. and Mehitable
Miller, b. Oct. 20, 1733 ; m. Dec. 3, 1761, Mrs. Anne Haile.
Orderly Book: Mar. 17, 1779 -Mar. 1, 1780. Kept at Providence
and Newport. He was 1st Lieutenant of the R. I. militia.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
m Morse, Nathan, of Grafton, Orderly Sergeant of Capt. Drury's
Co., of Grafton Mass., in Col. Ward's Regiment, s. of Jonathan and
Phebe (Keyes) Morse, b. Feb. 29, 1750 ; m. Mrs. Elizabeth (Stevens)
Hill ; d. in New York, 1841.
Orderly Book: Nov. 5, 1775 - Jan. 1, 1776. Part of the entries are
dated Cambridge and part Roxbury. Of the siege of Boston.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library. Unpublished.
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Moulton, Johnson, Col., of York, Me., d. June 13, 1793.
Orderly Book : Jan. 1 - May 19, 1776. Kept at Headquarters in
the vicinity of Cambridge until Feb. 1, when he is at Sewall's Point
and after Apr. 18, at New York.
MS. owned by Mr. Roger Wolcott, Boston. Printed in Force's
Archives.
Munroe, Edmund, Ensign, of Lexington, Mass., of Rogers Ran-
gers, s. of William and Sarah (Mason) Munroe, b. Feb. 2, 1736 ; m.
Aug. 31, 1768, Rebecca Harrington ; killed at the battle of Mon-
mouth, June 28, 1778.
Orderly Book : Aug. 27 - Nov. 9, 1758. Kept at Camp, Lake George
and Fort Edward. Orderly book and record.
MS. owned by Lexington Hist. Soc. Published in N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg., July, 1862, p. 217.
Nichols, Isaac, of Royalston, Mass., s. of Isaac and Sarah (Wil-
kins) Nichols, b. in Sutton, May 13, 1737 ; m. Apr. 20, 1758, Dorcas
Sibley.
Orderly Book : Sept. 5 - Dec. 11, 1775. Kept at Winter Hill.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Nickerson, Daniel, Sergt., of Groton, Conn.
Orderly Book : May 26 - Nov. 16, 1779. Kept at Camp Bristol, R. I.
MS. owned by Col. Geo. L. Shepley of Providence, R. I. Unpub-
lished.
Niles, Jeremiah, Adj., of Lebanon, Conn., s. of Hon. Samuel and
Sarah (Niles) Niles, b. in Braintree ; m. Abigail White of Boston,
Nov. 3, 1770.
Orderly Book: (1) Aug. 10 -Nov. 15, 1775, (2) Nov. 18, 1775 - Jan.
6, 1776. Kept at Cambridge. He was of Col. Richard Gridley's Co.
MSS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Nixon, Thomas, Col., of Framingham, Mass., s. of Christopher
and Mary (Seaver) Nixon, b. Apr. 27, 1736; m. Bethiah Stearns,
1757 ; drowned Aug. 12, 1800, going from Boston to Portsmouth.
Orderly Book: (1) June 5, 1777 - Sept. 30, 1778. Kept at Peekskill
and Danbury.
Orderly Book : (2) Mar. 5 - May 22, 1779. Kept at Peekskill and
Middlebrook.
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Orderly Book : (3) July 12 - Sept. 30, 1779. Kept at Constitution
Island and Camp Bedford.
Orderly Book: (4) Oct. 2, 1779 -Mar. 2, 1780. Kept at Moor's
House and Robinson's House.
Orderly Book : (5) Mar. 9 - July 28, 1780. Kept at Highlands.
Orderly Book : (6) July 28 - Nov. 11, 1780. Kept at Highlands and
To to way.
MSS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Unpublished.
Norton, Ichabod, Capt., of Farmington, Conn., s. of Thomas
and Elizabeth (Mclan) Norton of Farmington, Conn., b. 1736 ; m.
Ruth Strong, Feb. 21, 1760 ; d. Oct. 1, 1825 at Granby.
Orderly Book : July 26, 1776 - Nov. 25, 1776. Kept at Skeens-
borough (now Whitehall), Fort Ann and Ticonderoga, New York and
at Mt. Independence, Vt. He was in Col. Mott's Conn, regiment.
Almost daily entries.
MS. owned by Mr. Chas. Mulford Robinson of Rochester, N. Y.
Published by Keating & Barnard, Fort Edward, N. Y., 1898 with an
introduction by R. O. Bascom.
Page, Samuel, of Danvers, Mass., Captain in Col. Benj. Tupper's
Regiment, s. of Col. Jeremiah and Sarah (Andrews) Page, b. at
Danvers, Aug. 1, 1753 ; m. Rebecca Putnam of Sterling, Mass., Nov.
30, 1778 ; d. at Danvers, Sept. 2, 1814.
Orderly Book : Feb. 18, 1779 - June 20, 1779. "It gives us a par-
ticular account of camp duties, rules, orders, and regulations ob-
served in the army of the Revolution." Long entries. He was with
Anthony Wayne at the storming of Stony Point, N. Y.
MS. published in Essex Hist. Inst. Colls., Dec. 1862, p. 241 and
Feb. 1863, p. 1, edited by S. P. Fowler.
Parker, Capt., of Bucksport, Me.
Orderly Book : Jan. 2 - Feb. 13, 1780. Kept at Morristown, N. J.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Cited in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro.,
Feb. 1879, p. 48.
Parsons, Samuel H., Gen., of Lyme, Conn., s. of Rev. Jonathan
and Phebe (Griswold) Parsons, b. Mav 14, 1737 at Lyme ; m. Mehit-
able Mather, Sept. 10, 1761 ; d. near Marietta, O., Nov. 17, 1789.
Orderly Book : Feb. 16 - Apr. 29, 1778. Largely in his autograph,
written while he was in charge of the construction of the defences
of West Point. 36 pages.
360
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MS. owned by the late George D. Smith, 547 Fifth Ave., New York,
in Mar. 1915.
Paterson, John, Brig. -Gen., of Lenox, Mass., s. of John and
Ruth (Bird) Paterson of Farmington, Conn., b. in New Britain, 1744;
m. June 2, 1766, Elizabeth Lee of Farmington ; d. July 9, 1808.
Orderly Book: (1) July 19 -Sept. 22, 1775. Kept at Cambridge.
Orderly Book: (2) Sept. 23 -Nov. 5,1777. Kept at White Creek
and Queman's Heights.
MSS. (1) owned by Library of Congress. (2) New York Hist. Soc.
Unpublished.
Perry, Josiah, Sergt., of Dudley, Mass., in Capt. Jonathan Eddy's
Co., s. of Abner and Joanna (Gibbs) Perry, b. Dec. 19, 1735, in
Stoughton, Mass. ; m. Apr. 21, 1763, Mary Hartshorn ; d. 1815.
Orderly Book: May 23 - Sept. 20, 1759. With report of service at
Fort Cumberland on the Bay of Fundy. It preserves "the record of
a military service that might otherwise have escaped their know-
ledge and gives details that are of general interest."
MS. owned by Miss Anne L. Perry, Perryville, Dudley, Mass.
Published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 1900, pp. 70 and 164.
Peters, Andrew, Lt. - Col., of Westborough, Mass., s. of William
and Hannah (Cheney) Peters, b. at Medfield, Jan. 25, 1742 ; m. Mar.
30, 1768, Beulah Lovett of Mendon ; d. Feb. 5, 1822.
Orderly Book: 1779. He was Lt. -Col. in Col. Timothy Bigelow's
15th Mass. Regt.
MS. cited in "Peters Genealogy."
Pittman, John, of Newport, R. L, s. of John and Abigail (Nichols)
Pittman, b. June 27, 1757 ; m. Nancy Bennett ; d. May 25, 1809.
Orderly Book: July 10- Sept. 8, 1776. Kept at Headquarters near
North River, at or near Governors Island. He was sergeant in Capt.
Barnes' Co.
Platt, Richard, Major, of N. Y., s. of Jonas and Temperance
(Smith) Platt, b. 1754 ; m. Sarah Aspinwall ; d. 1830.
Orderly Book: June 1 - July 19, 1777. Of Major Gen. Israel Put-
nam. Kept at Headquarters at Peekskill.
MS. owned by N. Y. Hist. Soc. Published in part in "General
Orders of Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam," Brooklyn, N. Y., 1893. Also in
"Correspondence and Journals of S. B. Webb," both edited by W. C.
Ford.
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Porter, Phineas, Major, of Waterbury, Conn., s. of Thomas
and Mary (Welton) Porter, b. Dec. 1, 1739; m. (1) Esther Clark, (2)
Dec. 28, 1778, Melicent (Lewis) Baldwin : d. Mar. 9, 1804.
Orderly Book : July 10 -Aug. 5, 1776. Kept at New York. He
was in Col. Douglas's Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade.
MS. owned by the Mattatuck Hist. Soc, Waterbury.
Putnam, Israel, Gen., of Brooklyn, Conn. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book: Aug. 25 -Oct. 16, 1762. Orderly book at Havana
where he was in command of a Conn. Regiment at the siege of Moro
Castle and reduction of Havana.
MS. a copy by Peter Force, owned by the Library of Congress.
Unpublished.
Putnam, Jeremy, Capt., of Danvers, Mass., s. of Jonathan and
Sarah (Perley) Putnam, b. in Danvers, Oct. 31, 1737 ; m. Feb. 3,
1763, Rachel Fuller; d. Sept. 16, 1799.
Orderly Book : July 10 - Dec. 19, 1779. Most of the time he was at
Providence, where they built barracks.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Published in Essex
Inst. Hist. Coll., Oct. 1910, p. 332.
Reed, Sylvanus, Col., of Fitzwilliam, N. H., s. of Gen. James
and Abigail (Hinds) Reed, b. at Lunenburg, N. H., Jan. 7, 1755 ; m.
Caroline Taylor, Mar. 4, 1781.
Orderly Book: May 26 - Aug. 21, 1778. Kept in Providence.
MS. owned by Mrs. Caroline G. Reed of New York, widow of Rev.
Sylvanus Reed. Copy by the Rhode Island Historical Society and
also one by the New Hampshire Historical Society. Unpublished.
Reed, William, Capt., of Abington, Mass., of Sixth Mass Militia,
s. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Thompson) Reed, b. Oct. 28, 1735 ; m.
Dec. 27, 1759, Ruth Shaw ; d. Mar. 29, 1778.
Orderly Book: May 12 -Aug. 25, 1775. Kept at Roxbury and
Cambridge.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Robbins, Elijah, Capt., of Suffield, Conn.
Orderly Book: Aug. 16 - Nov. 19, 1776. Of <£ol. Mott's Regiment
at Skeensborough and Ticonderoga.
MS. owned by Fort Ticonderoga Museum. Unpublished.
362
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Roberts, James, Lt. - Col., of Somersworth, N. EL, s. of Ebenezer
and Mary (Rollins) Roberts, m. Elizabeth Roberts.
Orderly Book : July 30 - Nov. 8, 1776. Kept at headquarters at
Charlestown, N. H. and Ticonderoga. He was in Col. Wigglesworth's
Regiment.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Remick, Timothy, Major, of Kittery, Me., s. of Isaac and Mary
(Pettigrew) Remick of Kittery, b. Sept. 9, 1755 ; m. July 25, 1775,
Mercy Staples of Kittery ; d. Feb. 1785.
Orderly Book : (1) kept at Ticonderoga 1776 in Scamman's Regi-
ment.
Orderly Book : (2) Apr. 16 - June 2, 1781, (3) June 15 - Sept. 3, 1781.
Kept at West Point, Peekskill, Phillipsburg, Dobbs Ferry and North
Castle.
MSS. (2) owned by Lt. O. P. Remick, Kittery, Me. (3) owned by
Miss Grace M. Remick, Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich. Unpublished.
Rowe, John, Jr., Major, of Lisbon, Me., s. of John Rowe of
Rockport, b. 1737; m. Charlotte Green of Portland ; d. 1822.
Orderly Book: (1) May 27 -July 7, 1783. Kept partly at Philadel-
phia. It is in several handwritings and is accredited in part to
Francis Tufts.
Orderly Book: (2) Oct. 29 -Nov. 5, 1799. District orders of the
rendezvous at Portland. Major John Rowe also kept a diary which
has not been located.
MSS. owned by Maine Hist. Soc, given by George M. Moore of
London. Unpublished.
Russell, Joseph, Sergt., of Brimfield, Mass., s. of Adonijah and
Mary Russell, m. Apr. 27, 1785, Margaret Browning.
Orderly Book: Mar. 26 -Dec. 31, 1782. Kept at West Point and
Fishkill. He was of Capt. Heyward's Co., 6th Mass. Regt.
Russell, William, Major, of Boston. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : June 8, 1777 - Dec. 18, 1778. Of the regiment of
artillery raised for the defence of the town of Boston. Kept at
Boston.
MS. published in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., Vols. 13 and 14.
Sargent, Winthrop. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : June 16 - Dec. 8, 1791. Kept at Headquarters, Fort
Washington and at a camp eighty-one miles from the Fort. Copies
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made by Sargent from "the orderly Books of a non-commisioned
officer" and from his own orderly book.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
L Sartell, Nathaniel, of Groton, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and Jane
( ) Sartell of Charlestown, b. at Boston, Nov. 8, 1737 ; m. June
9, 1763, Abigail Wyman.
Orderly Book: (l) June 9 -Aug. 17, 1760. Of the company of
Capt. Silas Brown of Stow, 28th Battalion, Col. Ingersolf s Regiment
at Fort Edward, Crown Point and Isle aux Noix.
Orderly Book : (2) Aug. 20 - Nov. 17, 1760. Also in same battal-
ion, Col. Timothy Ruggles' Regiment at Isle aux Noix, Chambly,
Crown Point, &c. Some entries by Silas Brown.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
I Sawyer, Samuel, Capt., of Lancaster, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Deborah (Rugg) Sawyer, b. Jan. 2, 1739 ; m. (1) Phebe Cooper, int.,
Jan. 2, 1768, (2) Hepsibah Thurston of Lancaster, Mar. 29, 1805.
Orderly Book : Aug. 22 - Nov. 27, 1776. Kept near New York
City. "Is well worth reading." — H. B. Nourse.
MS. in Mass. Archives. Unpublished.
Scammel, Alexander, Col., of Portsmouth, N. H., s. of Dr.
Samuel Leslie and Jane (Libby) Scammel of Milford, Mass., bapt.
Mar. 22, 1747 ; unmarried ; d. at Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 6, 1781.
Orderly Book : Mar. 23 - July 22, 1780. Kept at Morristown, Short
Hills, Ramapaugh and elsewhere in New Jersey. He was Colonel of
the the Third N. H. Regiment. 258 pages.
MS. owned by Mr. E. A. Ely, New York City.
Scranton, Abraham, Lieut., of Durham, Conn., s. of Abraham
and Beulah (Seward) Scranton, b. in Durham, Dec. 3, 1749 ; m. (1)
Hannah Camp, Jan. 1, 1772, (2) Louisa Fairchild, Jan. 1, 1811 ; d.
Jan. 28, 1836.
Orderly Book : Sept. 5 - 20, 1778. A fragment kept near Prov-
idence.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Uupublished.
Selden, Charles, Adj., of Lyme, Conn., s. of Col. Samuel and
Elizabeth (Ely) Selden, b. in Hadlyme, Nov. 23, 1755 ; m. Abigail
Jones before 1790 at Troy ; d. at Troy, Jan. 1, 1820.
Orderly Book : May 30 - Oct. 17, 1783. Kept at Newburgh.
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MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, given by Chas. P. Greenough of
Boston. Unpublished.
Sever, William, Adj., of Taunton, Mass., s. of William and
Patience (Trescott) Sever, b. in Dorchester, May 4, 1743 ; m. (1)
Molly Foster of Dorchester, (2) Mrs. Thankful Stetson of Braintree,
Feb. 20, 1771 ; d. July 28, 1815.
Orderly Book : (1) Oct. 17 - Nov. 30, 1776. Kept on a march from
Taunton under command of Capt. Robert Crossman through Conn,
to White Plains, N. Y.
Orderly Book : (2) Aug. 4 - Aug. 7, 1780. Of the Bristol County
Brigade in Rhode Island.
MSS. extracts published in Emery's "History of Taunton," pp.
446 and 464.
Shaw, Samuel, Major, of Dedham, Mass. See under Sea Jour-
nals.
Orderly Book: (1) May 18 - June 11, 1778. Kept at Valley Forge.
Orderly Book : (2) Aug. 9, 1779 - Mar. 31, 1780. Kept at West
Point and Morristown. He was aide to Gen. Knox.
MSS. (1) owned by Boston Atheneum. (2) by Mass. Hist. Soc,
among Knox papers. Both unpublished.
Smart, Thomas, Adj., of Danvers, Mass.
Orderly Book: Aug. 2 -Nov. 23, 1776. Of Col. Edw. Wigglesworth's
Regiment. Kept when he was with Arnold's fleet on Lake Cham-
plain near Ticonderoga. 272 pages.
MS. sold at American Art Galleries, N. Y. City.
Smedley, James, Col., of Fairfield, Conn., b. 1704 ; m. (1) Oct.
20, 1731, Jane Sturgis, (2) Jan. 4, 1748, Mary (Burr) Dimon ; d. Nov.
4, 1771.
Orderly Book : Aug. 16 - Nov. 4, 1762. Kept at Crown Point. He
was Lt. - Col. of the Second Conn. Regiment.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
Spencer, Joseph, Major - General, of East Haddam, Conn., s.
of Isaac and Mary (Selden) Spencer, b. Oct. 3, 1714 ; m. (1) Martha
Brainerd of Haddam, Aug. 2, 1738, (2) Hannah (Brown) Southmayd
of Waterbury, Conn., 1756; d. Jan. 13, 1789.
Orderly Book: Oct. 2, 1777 - Feb. 14, 1778. Kept at Tiverton and
Germantown. Filed in Pension Office. The dates cover various en-
tries and letters, besides the general orders.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
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Sproat, Ebenezer, Lt. - Col., of Middleborough, Mass., s. of Eb-
enezer Sproat, b. 1752 ; m. Apr. 6, 1781, Catharine Whipple of Provi-
dence ; d. Feb. 4, 1805 at Marietta, O.
Orderly Book: Sept. 1, 1779 -Feb. 13, 1780. Kept at Robinson
House and West Point. Sometimes called orderly book of Gen. Wm.
Shepard. Col. Sproat was in the 10th Mass. Line.
MS. owned by Westfield Atheneum. Copy by Library of Congress.
Stow, Nathan, Sergt., of Concord, Mass., s. of Ebenezer Stow,
b. in Concord, Apr. 27, 1746 ; m. Abigail Merriam ; d. 1810.
Orderly Book: May 18, 1775 - July 6,1775. It covers "for three
weeks that immediately preceded and followed that memorable en-
gagement, the military transactions of such portions of the American
army as had more or less to do with it." He was at Bunker Hill.
MS. owned by Public Library, Concord, Mass. Published in Put-
nam's Monthly Hist. Mag., Vol. 1, p. 306 and later.
Sullivan, John, Gen., of Durham, N. H., s. of John and Margery
(Browne) Sullivan, b. in Berwick, Me., Feb. 17, 1740; m. Lydia Wor-
cester ; d. in Durham, Jan. 23, 1795.
Orderly Book : Aug. 1778 and a little in 1781. Kept in the Rhode
Island campaign.
MS. copy owned by N. Y. Public Library. Unpublished.
Sumner, James, Jr., of Beverly and Boston, Mass., s. of James
and Alice (Waldron) Sumner, b. at Boston, Mar. 2, 1763 ; m. Feb. 6,
1788, Elizabeth Foster of Beverly ; d. Oct. 21, 1821.
Orderly Book: Oct. 23, 1778 -May 9, 1779 with some omissions.
Kept at headquarters at Providence. He was an engineer and later
captain and major in the army at Providence.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, Col., of Litchfield, Conn., s. of Rev. Ben-
jamin and Susannah (Smith) Tallmadge, b. in Brookhaven, L. I., Feb.
12, 1754 ; m. (1) Mar. 18, 1784, Mary Floyd of Mastic, L. I., (2) May
3, 1808, Maria Hallett of New York ; d. Mar. 7, 1835 in Litchfield.
Orderly Book: July 10 - Sept. 1, 1776. Of Col. Chester's regiment
in camp on Wall St., N. Y. and on Long Island. 176 pages. Col.
Tallmadge also wrote memoirs covering his whole life. He served
throughout the war.
MS. owned by Sons of the Revolution, N. Y. City. Unpublished.
366
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Tarbell, Abijah, Lieut., of Westford, Mass., m. (1) Aug. 4, 1794,
Eunice Stone of Lexington, (2) Nov. 6, 1803, Betsey Hildreth.
Orderly Book: May 7, 1796-1833. Of Capt. Jonathan Keyes
company of militia, of which Tarbell was clerk. Orders of Major
Generals Wm. Hull and Joseph Bradley Varnum. "A quite human
document."
MS. owned by Capt. Sherman H. Fletcher of Westford. Extracts
published in Lowell Courier, Nov. 5, 1921.
Tay, William, Major, of Woburn, Mass., probably the son of
William and Susanna Tay, b. in Woburn, May 9, 1750 ; m. July 26,
1771, Hannah Pollard of Billerica ; d. Nov. 28, 1827, aged 78.
Orderly Book : Jan. 18 - Feb. 12, 1787. Kept while in pursuit of
Shays and his men.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Taylor, Joshua, of Danbury, Conn., s. of Joshua and Mercy
(Rowe) Taylor of Suffield, Conn.
Orderly Book: Oct. 11 - Nov. 26, 1780. Kept at headquarters,
Totowa.
MS. owned by Conn. State Library. Unpublished.
Thompson, Samuel, Jr., Lieut., of Woburn, Mass., s. of Samuel
and Abigail (Tidd) Thompson, b. Apr. 7, 1754 ; unmarried ; d. in ser-
vice at New York, Aug. 12, 1776.
Orderly Book: Aug. 1 - Aug. 25, 1775. With personal accounts,
inventory, &c. in the second volume. He was in Capt. Petten gill's
Co., Baldwin's regiment.
MS. owned by Woburn Public Library. Unpublished.
Titcomb, Enoch, Major, of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Henry and
Mary (Titcomb) Titcomb, b. Dec. 6, 1752 ; m. Ann Jones of Port-
land, Me. ; d. Aug. 13, 1814.
Orderly Book : Aug. 8 - Sept. 4, 1778. Orders, returns, &c, of Gen.
Jonathan Titcomb's brigade. He was with Gen. Sullivan in Rhode
Island. The book begins and ends in Providence. Part of the time
they are in Newport.
MS. in Mass. State Archives. Presented by Gen. Jonathan Tit-
comb to George Titcomb in 1817. Unpublished.
Torrey, William, Lieut., of Pembroke, Mass., s. of Haviland
Torrey, b. 1725; m. Dec. 1, 1748, Mary Turner; d. Oct. 18, 1828.
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Orderly Book: (1) Sept. 6 -Dec. 17, 1777. Of the Saratoga cam-
paign.
Orderly Book : (2) Aug. 24, 1778 - Mar. 31, 1781. (3) June 10 - May
17,1782. (4) June 22, 1782 -May 31, 1783. At West Point, in
camp at Chelsea, at Boston, Valley Forge and Newburgh.
MSS. all owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
L Tufts, Francis, of Medford, Mass., s. of Benjamin and Hannah
(Turner) Tufts, b. July 21, 1744 ; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1767, Sarah Blount,
(2) June 12, 1785, Hannah Greenleaf.
Orderly Book: (1) Sept. 1-Dec. 8, 1777; Apr. 30 -May 8, 1778;
Dec. 9 -Dec. 25, 1782; June 1-Aug. 9, 1780; May 30 -July 19, 1782.
Kept at Stillwater, near Philadelphia, at the Highlands and at New-
burgh.
Orderly Book: (2) May 23, 1778 -Mar. 30, 1783. Sixteen small
volumes of orderly books kept at Valley Forge, Freehold, Spotswood
and Newburgh. Contains the court martial of Maj. Gen. McDougall
and an account of the treason of Gen. Arnold.
Orderly Book: (3) Jan. 10 - Apr. 8, 1782. Kept at the Highlands.
MSS. (1) owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. (2) sold in 1916, by the An-
derson Galleries, N. Y. City. (3) owned by Library of Congress,
filed in Pension Office in case of Hannah Tufts. All unpublished.
I Trumbull, John, of Lebanon, Conn. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : July 10 - Nov. 17, 1776. Kept at Ticonderoga.
MS. owned by Museum at Fort Ticonderoga. Unpublished.
Varnum, Joseph Bradley, Gen., of Dracut, Mass., s. of Major
Samuel and Hannah (Mitchel) Varnum, b. Jan. 29,1749/50; m.
Jan. 26, 1773, Molly Butler of Pelham, N. H. ; d. Sept. 11, 1821.
Orderly Book : 1777. "Small and unimportant."
MS. owned in 1895 by Mr. B. O. Robbins of So. Chelmsford, Mass.
Waight, Asa, Major, of Liecester, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Hannah (Southgate) Waite, b. in Leicester, 1759; m. Rebecca Works,
Dec. 13, 1787; d. Feb. 25, 1814.
Orderly Book : Apr. 8 - July 13, 1780. Kept at the Highlands.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Unpublished.
Walker, Robert, of Stratford, Conn., s. of Hon. Robert and Re-
becca (Lewis) Walker, b. Feb. 27, 1745/6 ; m. Mar. 22, 1779, Mar-
garet Brasher of New York ; d. Nov. 7, 1810.
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Orderly Book : (1)' June 6 - Aug. 1, 1779. Of Capt. Robert Walker's
Co. in Col. John Lamb's regiment of artillery. Kept at Stott's House
and West Point.
Orderly Book: (2) Oct. 18 -Nov. 9, 1780. Dated Headquarters
with no place mentioned.
MSS. (1) owned by N. Y. Hist. Soc. (2) owned by Library of
Congress.
Walker, William, of Lenox, Mass., s. of Caleb and Elizabeth
(Perrin) Walker, b. June 22, 1751 ; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1777, Sarah Wood-
bury of Farmington, Conn., (2) Mar. 24, 1790, Mrs. Mary (Hutchin-
son) Parmelee, of Goshen, Conn. ; d. Oct. 31, 1831.
Orderly Book : July 8 - Oct. 9, 1775. Kept at Camp No. 3, Charles-
town and Cambridge, of Washington's army before Boston. He was
adjutant of Paterson's Mass. Regiment.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
Waller, J., Adjutant, of the Royal Marines under Major Pit-
cairn and Gen. Gage; of English parentage.
Orderly Book : (1) May 22, 1775 - Jan. 26, 1776. Begins on board
the transport Betsey Catwater, Plymouth. Afterwards on Charles-
town Heights and Boston. Very beautifully written. (2) a letter
describing the battle of Bunker Hill, June 22, 1775.
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. presented by Theodore Dwight,
Jr. 1833. Extracts published in "Memorial Hist, of Boston," Vol. Ill,
p. 83. (2) published in Drake's "Bunker Hill."
Ward, Andrew, Col., of Guilford, Conn., of First Conn. Regi-
ment under Col. Wooster, s. of Col. Andrew and Elizabeth (Fowler)
Ward, b. Nov. 19, 1727 ; m. Sept. 7, 1750, Diana Hubbard ; d. Jan.
10,1799. '
Orderly Book : Feb. 22 - Mar. 23, 1776. Kept at New York.
MS. copy owned by Library of Congress, made by Peter Force.
Unpublished. y
Ward, Artemas, General, of Shrewsbury, Mass. See under
Diaries.
Orderly Book : (1) Apr. 20, 1775 - Apr. 3, 1776. Kept at Cambridge.
Orderly Book: (2) July 29, 1775 - Mar. 20, 1777. At Roxbury to
March 30, 1776, then at Boston. A book of 300 pages.
MSS. owned by Mrs. A. Ward Lamson, Dedham, Mass. Copy of
(1) and of part of (2) in office of the Adjutant General in Boston.
Unpublished.
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Ward, Joseph, Col., of Boston, Mass., s. of Dea. Joseph and Ex-
perience (Stone) Ward, b. in Newton, July 2, 1737 ; m. Nov. 30, 1784,
Prudence Bird ; d. Feb. 14, 1812.
Orderly Book : Apr. 20 - Sept. 6, 1775. Kept at Lexington, Cam-
bridge and Bunker Hill. A copy with some changes and additions
of the orderly book of Gen. Ward made by Joseph Ward who also
kept the original book. Frequently quoted as Fenno's orderly book
because on the front cover of the first volume appears the statement,
"kept by John Fenno, secretary to the Commander-in-chief." Fenno
never held that position. The statement is of later addition and is
not in the handwriting of either Joseph Ward or Fenno. He was
Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief Gen. Artemas Ward.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro., Oct. 1876.
Ward, Samuel, Jr., Capt., of East Greenwich, Conn., s. of Gov.
Samuel and Anne (Ray) Ward, b. Nov. 17, 1756 ; m. Mar. 8, 1778,
Phebe Greene; d. at Long Island, Aug. 16, 1832.
Orderly Book : (1) June 28 - July 5, 1775. Kept at Jamaica Plain.
Orderly Book : (2) July 9 - July 23, 1775. Kept at Charlestown.
Orderly Book: (3) July 23 -July 30, 1775. Kept at Prospect Hill
(Gen. Greene's orders in same locality).
Orderly Book: (4) Aug. 17 -Sept. 2, 1775. He served in Col.
Crary's regiment of King's County and Kent County, Gen. Nathaniel
Greene.
MSS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, given by Mr. Richard Ward
Greene, 1917. Unpublished.
Ware, Daniel, of Needham, Mass., s. of Josiah and Dorothy
(Dewing) Ware, b. May 19, 1755 ; m. Sept. 16, 1784, Abigail Newell
of Dover ; d. Oct. 20, 1819.
Orderly Book : July 19 - Dec. 26, 1777. Of Major Gen. Israel Put-
nam's orders; kept at Headquarters at Peekskill and White Plains.
MS. owned by Conn. Hist. Soc. Published in part in "General
Orders of Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam," Brooklyn, N. Y., 1893, edited
by W. C. Ford. Also in "Correspondence and Journals of S. B.
Webb," Ford.
Washington, George. See under Diaries.
Orderly Book : July 9 - Oct. 17, 1775. Kept at headquarters, Cam-
bridge, by one of his military secretaries.
MS. owned by Mr. Chas. A. Munn, New York.
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Waterbury, David, Col., of Stamford, Conn., s. of John and Su-
sanna Waterman, b. Feb. 12, 1722 ; m. Mary Holly ; d. June 29,
1801.
Orderly Book: (1) June 3, 1775 - Sept. 16, 1781. Kept at head-
quarters before St. Johns and other places. Includes a diary of the
daily life.
Orderly Book : (2) Jan. 23 - Mar. 26, 1776. At Stamford and King's
Bridge. 180 pages.
Orderly Book: (3) Oct. 1, 1781 -Feb. 27, 1782. At camp near
Horse Neck.
MSS. (1) owned by Conn. State Library. A copy from June 3
to Oct. 7, 1775 by Library of Congress. (2) owned by Conn. State
Library. Extracts published in Mag. of Am. Hist., Vol. 12, p. 555.
Wesson, Ephraim, Capt., of Groton, Vt., s. of Ephraim and Lydia
Wesson, b. in Groton, Mass., Sept. 24, 1724; m. Sarah Proctor; d.
Mar. 1814.
Orderly Book: Aug. 19, 1758-1759. Kept at Lake George.
"Among Capt. Wesson's war papers."
MS. cited in "Vt. Hist. Gazetteer," Vol. IV, p. 1145.
Wheelock, Ephraim, Col., of Medfield, Mass., s. of Ephraim and
Priscilla (Plimpton) Wheelock, b. Nov. 23, 1733 ; m. Dec. 3, 1767,
Mary Clapp of Walpole; d. Feb. 6, 1826.
Orderly Book : Aug. 18 - Nov. 26, 1776. Of the Northern campaign,
1776/7. Kept at Ticonderoga with various returns of the Company.
Accounts, names of men discharged and other lists.
MS. in Mass. Archives, "Miscellaneous Papers," p. 75. Unpub-
lished.
Wheelock, Simeon, of Uxbridge, Mass., s. of Silas and Hannah
(Albee) Wheelock, b. in Mendon, Mar. 18, 1741 ; m. Deborah Thayer
of Mendon, Nov. 28, 1763 ; d. at Springfield, Mass., while serving
with the troops in Shay's Rebellion, 1786/87.
Orderly Book : July 10 - Aug. 8, 1760 with a few later entries. Kept
at Crown Point, in the regiment of Col. Christopher Harris.
MS. owned by the Wheelock family of Uxbridge. Unpublished.
Whitcomb, John, Col., of Bolton, Mass., s. of John and Rebecca
(Wilder) Whitcomb, b. 1713; m. (1) Mary Carter, June 12, 1735, (2)
Becke Whitcomb, 1744 or 45 ; d. in Bolton, Nov. 17, 1785.
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Orderly Book: Aug. 11 -Nov. 9, 1760. Kept in the French and
Indian wars, expedition for the reduction of Canada.
MS. owned by Public Library, Lancaster, Mass. Unpublished.
Whiting, John, Col., of Lancaster, Mass., s. of Timothy and
Sarah (Osgood) Whiting, b. Feb. 24, 1760 ; m. May 24, 1785, Orpah
Danforth of Billerica ; d. in Washington, Sept. 3, 1810.
Orderly Book: (1) Mar. 2 - May 29, 1778. "Is mainly concerned
with the winter camp at Valley Forge." 120 pages.
Orderly Book : (2) Sept. 8 - Dec. 18, 1780. Kept at headquarters
at Stierurapie and West Point. Contains records of Arnold's treason,
254 pages.
Orderly Book : (3) Nov. 2, 1780 - Feb. 16, 1781. (4) Apr. 26 - June
20,1782. (5) Aug. 7 -Aug. 29, 1782. Kept at West Point, New-
burgh and the Highlands. All bound manuscript volumes. Col.
Whiting was adjutant of the 2d Regiment, Mass. Line.
MSS. (1) owned by Valley Forge Museum, Valley Forge, Pa. Ex-
tracts published in "Revolutionary Orders of Gen. Washington,"
Whiting, N. Y., 1844. (2) owned by Mr. John E. Scopes, Albany,
N. Y.
Willard, Abijah, of Lancaster, Mass., s. of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Phelps) Willard, b. July 27, 1724; m. (1) Elizabeth Prescott of Gro-
ton, Dec. 2, 1747, (2) Nov. 15, 1752, Anna Prentice of Lancaster, (3)
int. Oct. 24, 1772, Mrs. Mary McKeon of Boston ; d. 1789.
Orderly Book: (1) Apr. 9, 1755 - Apr. 4, 1756. Tells of the expul-
sion of the Acadians and the burning of their houses. "Of great
historical value for Gov. Lawrence destroyed all the official records
of the expulsion of the Acadians and the accounts extant are largely
incomplete. The diary too has great human interest." This is a
journal as well as orderly book.
Orderly Book: (2) June 17 - July 17, 1759. Contained in same vol-
ume as earlier work.
MSS. (1) owned by Dr. Robert Willard of Boston. Copy by Lan-
caster Public Library. (2) published in part in Boston Transcript,
Sept. 16, 1908.
Willes, Solomon, Capt., of Tolland, Conn., s. of Joshua and Mil-
icent (Yeomans) Willes, b. Oct. 14, 1731 ; m. Feb. 24, 1763, Elizabeth
Lathrop ; d. Dec. 10, 1807.
Orderly Book: June 16, 1775 (date of extract.) Of Spencer's Regi-
ment at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston.
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MS. owned in 1895 by Mr. Chas. J. Hoadley. Cited in "Ceremonies
at Unveiling of Statue of Col. Thos. Knowlton," Woodward, Hart-
ford, Conn., p. 21.
Williams, Henry, Adj., of Groton, Conn., s. of Henry and Mary
(Boardman) Williams, b. Dec. 14, 1749 ; d. at Groton Heights, Sept.
6, 1781.
Orderly Book : (1) Jan. 18 - June 30, 1779. Of Col. Henry Sher-
burne's Regiment. Kept at Bristol, Providence and Warren.
Orderly Book : (2) July 1 - Dec. 24, 1779. Kept at various places,
including Newport, Danbury, Bristol and Morristown.
Orderly Book: (3) Mar. 16 -Apr. 30, 1780. Kept at Morristown,
N. J.
MSS. (1) and (2) owned by Newport Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Williams, Joseph, Capt., of Springfield, Mass., s. of Jeremiah
and Catherine (Payson) Williams, b. in Springfield, Mar. 24, 1753 ; d.
at Greenwich, Mass., Apr. 21, 1819.
Orderly Book : 1782 - 1783. Partly an orderly book and mostly a
Revolutionary note book. It contains a full copy from the original
records of all the transactions at Headquarters, Newburg, from Mar.
11, 1783 to June 10, 1783 leading up to and including the formation
of the Society of the Cincinnati.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry Russell Drowne, N. Y. Extracts have
been published by Congress and the State Societies of the Cincinnati.
Wilson, — — , Commissary of Amherst's Army.
Orderly Book : May 22 - Nov. 3, 1759. Kept on an expedition of
the British and Provincial army under Gen. Jeffrey Amherst, against
Ticonderoga and Crown Point. The greater part of the troops were
from New England. It does not appear why the commissary kept
the orderly book nor why it is attributed to him.
MS. this manuscript was found among the papers of Frederic de
Peyster and is now owned by Mr. C. M. Burton of Detroit. Published
in No. 1, Munsell's Hist. Series, Albany, 1857.
Woodbridge, Benjamin Ruggles, Col., of South Hadley, Mass.,
s. of Rev. John and Tryphena (Ruggles) Woodbridge, b. Mar. 5, 1739 ;
unmarried ; d. Mar. 8, 1819.
Orderly Book : Aug. 25 - Oct. 27, 1776. Begins at Ticonderoga.
MS. copy owned by Harvard College Library, copied from Gen.
Schuyler's papers. Unpublished.
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Wooster, David, Col., of Stratford, Conn., s. of Abraham and
Mary (Walker) Wooster, b. at Stratford, Mar. 2, 1710 ; m. Mary Clap
of New Haven, Mar. 6, 1745/6; d. at Danbury, May 2, 1777.
Orderly Book : June 19 - Oct. 10, 1759. Kept at Fort Edward, Lake
George, Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Also a copy made by Force.
Unpublished.
Wyman, Abijah, Capt., of Ashby, Mass., s. of Abijah and Abigail
(Smith) Wyman, b. Aug. 9, 1745 ; m. (1) Betty Stearns, (2) Oct. 25,
1785, Martha Stevens of Lancaster ; d. Nov. 24, 1804.
Orderly Book : 1775. Kept when he was commanding a company
in Col. William Prescott's Regt.
MS. cited in "Sketch of John Goddard," Lyon.
ORDERLY BOOKS KEPT BY UNKNOWN PERSONS
May 23- July 11, 1759.
Orderly Book : Of Provincial troops at Schenectady, Camp Half
Way Brook and Fort Edward. Mentions Major Hawks as Field
Officer, Joseph Ingersoll, Lieutenant and Col. Nathan Payson, Com-
mander. Is signed Moses Robinson.
MS. owned by the Library of Congress, which also has a copy by
Force.
May 22 -July 18, 1759.
Orderly Book : Of the Crown Point expedition, kept at Albany and
Camp Lake George. Mentions Conn., R. I. and Mass. troops.
MS. Peter Force copy owned by Library of Congress. Original
owned in 1845 by Gen. Epaphras Hoyt of Deerfield.
April 23 -July 7, 1775.
Orderly Book : Of Capt. Jonathan Davis* Company of Harvard,
Mass. Kept at Headquarters at Cambridge.
MS. owned by Mrs. Mary L. Harlow, High St., Ayer. Copy by
the Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in "Revolutionary Papers of Har-
vard," edited by Dr. S. A. Green.
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May 3 -Sept. 28, 1775.
Orderly Book : Of the troops under command of Col. Daniel Hitch-
cock at Rhode Island Camp and Prospect Hill. Seems to be in two
handwritings ; with later notes in 1788 about the building of the
sloop Betsey.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Historical Society, given by Mr.
Jesse Metcalf .
June 7- Aug. 1, 1775.
Orderly Book : Kept at Roxbury.
MS. copy by Peter Force owned by Library of Congress. When
that was made the original was owned by Mr. Samuel W. Wood of
Ledyard, Conn.
July 4 - Dec. 4, 1775.
Orderly Book : Kept at Cambridge and Roxbury.
MS. owned by Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia.
July 12 - Sept. 20, 1775.
Orderly Book : Kept in Boston by a British officer.
MS. owned by New York Hist. Society.
July 31, 1775.
Orderly Book : Of a Rhode Island Company on Prospect Hill.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc.
Sept. 6 -Oct. 8, 1775.
Orderly Book : Kept at Roxbury and Cambridge. In the back is a
"memorandum of my time and individual expence in settling B.
Flagg's estate, April 11 - Oct. 9, 1814." Benjamin Flagg was a Wor-
cester man. Also "an account of Books taken by Robert to Cam-
bridge, Sept. 1813.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
Dec. 12, 1775 - Jan. 5, 1776.
Orderly Book : Kept at Roxbury and Cambridge. Name of Samuel
Brown of Abington on cover.
MS. owned by Massachusetts Historical Society, given by Chas.
W. Paine in 1806.
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Jan. 1, 1776 - Apr. 20, 1776.
Orderly Book : Of one of Capt. Stephen Bedlam's Company of
Artillery. Lived in Weymouth, Mass. Headquarters at Cambridge
until Mar. 24, 1776, then headquarters at N. Y.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library, given by James C. Sharp,
1888.
Feb. 6 -Mar. 11, 1776.
Orderly Book : Kept by a British officer at Boston. Marked Joseph
Clarke's orders, also Capt. Hatfield's orderly book.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
(1) Feb. 6 -Mar. 31, 1776. (2) 1776-1780.
Orderly Book : (1) Kept at Cambridge and Boston.
Orderly Book: (2) Containing brigade orders from Boston and
regimental orders from Dorchester.
MSS. both sold at Am. Art Galleries, Jan. 31, 1921, N. Y. City.
Feb. 22 - Dec. 23, 1776, with a gap from Mar. 23 to July 10.
Orderly Book : Kept at New York and Phillipsburg. Mentions Col.
Andrew Ward and Col. Wm. Douglass.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
Mar. 24 -Apr. 12, 1776.
Orderly Book : On two folio leaves. Mentions part to be taken
(upon an alarm) at Bunker's Hill, Prospect Hill, &c. Also matters
relating to the evacuation of Boston.
MS. sold May 10, 1915 by Stan V. Henkels, Philadelphia.
May 20, 1776 -Nov. 27, 1779.
Orderly Book : Kept on board the Rainbow, Sir George Collier,
Commander, while in America. Gives a minute account of many
expeditions sent up the river, skirmishes, negociations, &c, also the
attack on Machias, Me., and the capture of Penobscot. Also of an
expedition against Connecticut when Fairfield, Greenfield, and Nor-
walk were destroyed.
MS. at present the location of the original is unknown. It was
left in 1834 with the Congregational Library. A compilation from
this journal was published by Ithiel Town in N. Y., 1835, under the
name, "A Detail of Some Particular Services, &c."
376
NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
June 10 -Oct. 28, 1776.
Orderly Book : Of Col. William Richmond's Reg., at Newport, New
London and New Haven.
MS. cited in "History of Barrington, R. I.," Bicknell, p. 346.
June 18 - July 9, 1776.
Orderly Book : Kept in the vicinity of New York.
MS. copy by Force owned by Library of Congress.
June 28, 1776 -June 11, 1779.
Orderly Book : "An incomplete collection of orders issued at various
times and places by the commander of the forces in Rhode Island
(Gen. Sullivan), and the commander of the artillery regiment in
which William Perkins served through the war as captain and
major." The above is written on the fly leaf. Seems to be kept in
two or more handwritings.
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
July 30 - Oct. 16, 1776.
Orderly Book : Kept in New York and vicinity. Kept by a member
of Capt. Daniel Warner's Co., Col. Jonathan Holman's regiment.
Perhaps written by Abner Crossman of Peacham, Vt, whose name is
written in the book.
MS. owned by the Library of Congress.
Sept. 25 -Dec. 24, 1776.
Orderly Book: Of Conn, infantry, Wadsworth's brigade, Second
battalion.
MS. owned by Conn. State Library.
Nov. 3 -Nov. 27, 1776.
Orderly Book : Of Col. Bayley's regiment in Gen'l Nixon's brigade,
when they were going to join the brigade of which Col. Glover was
commandant.
MS. copy by Peter Force, in the Library of Congress. At the time
the copy was made the original manuscript was owned by John
Johnson, Esq.
Dec. 3, 1776 -Apr. 15, 1777.
Orderly Book : Of Col. Nathaniel Martin's regiment kept at Bristol
and at Barrington, R. L
MS, cited in "History of Barrington," Bicknell, p. 346.
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377
Jan. 28 - Feb. 25, 1777.
Orderly Book : Fragment of an orderly book of Gen. Lincoln's
standing orders.
MS. owned by the Library of Congress.
Aug. 12, 1777 -Feb. 3, 1778.
Orderly Book : Kept at camp and headquarters at Mount Holly
and Redbank.
MS. owned by John Hay Library, Providence, R. I.
Apr. 13 - May 9, 1778.
Orderly Book : Kept at Valley Forge. "It contains the order in
full to the army for firing the feu de joie on the reception of the
news of the treaties of Amity and Defence signed by France in Feb-
ruary of that year."
MS. owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, presented in 1884 by Hon. J.
R. Rollins of Lawrence.
May 20, 1778 -Feb. 12, 1779.
Orderly Book : Of the Rhode Island troops under command of Gen.
James Varnum under Gen. John Sullivan. At headquarters, Provi-
dence.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Historical Society, given by Mr.
Jesse Metcalf.
June 1-Sept. 23, 1778.
Orderly Book : Kept at East Greenwich, Providence and Newport
by an adjutant of Col. Greene's Regiment.
Feb. 5 -July 8, 1779.
Orderly Book : Kept at headquarters, Providence. Perhaps by
Thomas Carlisle or Richmond Springer, whose names are in the book.
MS. owned by the Rhode Island Hist. Soc.
May 13 -July 24, 1779.
Orderly Book : Kept at headquarters at Providence.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Historical Society.
July 14 -Aug. 22, 1779.
Orderly Book : Of Col. Nathan Gallup's Regiment at New London,
Conn.
MS. a copy by Force, owned by the Library of Congress.
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NEW ENGLAND ORDERLY BOOKS
Sept. 13, 1779 -Jan. 2, 1780.
Orderly Book : Begins at Moor House, ends at Morristown, N. J.
Has an index of the important events. Many trials mentioned.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Sept. 24, 1779 -Oct. 27, 1781.
Orderly Book : Headquarters at Gabley's Ferry, west side of Savan-
nah River and at Millings house, three miles from Savannah. Also
at York, Wilmington, &c.
MS. owned by John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R. I.
May 23 -Aug. 1, 1780.
Orderly Book : Kept at Morristown, Brian's Tavern, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc.
July 8 -Oct. 22, 1780.
Orderly Book : Kept at the Highlands, West Point and Totaway.
MS. owned by the Library of Congress.
Aug. 10 -Dec. 8, 1780.
Orderly Book : Of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment. Begins at
Orangetown and ends at West Point.
MS. owned by the Essex Institute, Salem.
Sept. 25, 1780 -Apr. 1, 1781.
Orderly Book : Of Capt. Daniel Livermore's Company.
MS. owned by Mr. William P. Fiske, Concord, N. H. Published
in New Hampshire Historical Soc. Coll., Vol. IX, p. 200.
Dec. 12, 1781 -Mar. 27, 1782.
Orderly Book : Kept at the Highlands. Garrison orders of Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut. Trials for deserters, men mentioned by
name.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
Feb. 12 -Apr. 5, 1782.
Orderly Book : Of the Sixth Massachusetts Line.
MS. owned by Penn. Hist. Soc, Philadelphia.
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June 10 - June 22, 1783.
Orderly Book : At the Highlands, Newburgh and West Point.
Some orders after Oct. 7, 1783, including Washington's Farewell to
the army on Nov. 2, 1783.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
Jan. 19, 1787 -Mar. 18, 1787.
Orderly Book : Of Shay's Rebellion. Begins at camp Roxbury,
ends at headquarters, Pittsfield. Gen'l Lincoln's orders. Also
various letters of the same period from persons connected with the
rebellion.
MS. owned by the Pittsfield Atheneum. A typewritten copy by
the Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
Almy, Christopher, of Newport, R. L, s. of Holder and Sarah
(Lawton) Almy, b. June 17, 1771 ; m. Oct. 9, 1794, Lydia Hill ; d.
Jan. 7, 1854.
Sea Journal : Aug. 29, 1797 - May 9, 1799. Of a whaling trip on
ship Barclay, Jacob Almy, captain. They sailed from New Bedford
around Cape Horn.
MS. owned by Mrs. J. Herbert Shedd, Woonsocket, R. L Unpub-
lished.
Alverson, Goodman H., of Newport, R. I., b. Mar. 1740 ; d. at sea,
Sept. 1771.
Sea Journal: Jan. 10, 1768 - July 5, 1771. Log of the brig Cicero,
Goodman H. Alverson, master. A trip to the West Indies.
MS. owned by Newport Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Appleton, Nathaniel, of Salem, Mass., s. of John and Priscilla
(Greenleaf) Appleton, b. in Salem, Mar. 13, 1775 ; m. (1) Elizabeth
Ward, Sept. 24, 1803, (2) Susannah (Foster) Stone of Beverly, July
7. 1805 ; d. Dec. 21, 1818.
Sea Journal : Oct. 23, 1799 - July 17, 1802. A voyage to Chile and
Canton in the ship Concord, Obed Wyer, master. Also of the
return trip.
MS. owned by Essex Institute. Extracts published in "Ships and
Sailors of Old Salem," by Ralph D. Paine.
Arnold, Daniel, of Providence, R. I., s. of Uriah and Elizabeth
(Smith) Arnold, b. Nov. 24, 1758 in Providence.
Sea Journal: Aug. 1, 1799 - Jan. 21, 1800. Of a trip to Canton on
board the Ann and Hope, Christopher Bently, master. A journal
and log book.
MS. owned by R. I. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Ashton, Philip, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of Philip and Sarah
(Hendry) Ashton, bapt. Apr. 18, 1703 ; m. (1) Jane Gallison, Dec. 8,
1726, (2) Sarah Bartlett, July 15, 1729 ; d. perhaps in 1746.
(380)
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
381
Sea Journal: June 15, 1722- Apr. 1, 1725. "His story is perhaps
the most entertaining narrative of 18th century piracy that has
come down to present times." He was captured by pirates, escaped
from them and lived alone for a year or more on a desert island off
the coast of Honduras.
MS. published in "Ships and Sailors of Old Salem," by Ralph D.
Paine, 1909. Also in book form many years ago.
Barlow, Jonathan, of Rhode Island.
Sea Journal : June, 1724 -Jan. 30, 1725. Journal of capture while
on a voyage from London bound for Africa. His experiences on
board pirate ships, the Merry Christmas, Capt. Edward Low, and
others. Very graphic and interesting. They went to- Cuba, Florida
and finally arrived in the John and Mary, at Rhode Island.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 73. Unpublished.
Benjamin, Joshua, of Charlestown, Mass., s. of Abel and Ama-
thia (Miricke) Benjamin, b. Apr. 10, 1686; m. Nov. 10, 1724, Abigail
Phipps ; will probated Aug. 21, 1733.
Sea Journal: (1) 1710. He returned from London Apr. 10, 1713
in ship Lusitania after absence of six years and four months. Served
Queen Anne on the Devonshire, the Northumberland, Greyhound and
Kent, men-of-war.
Sea Journal: (2) 1725, 1733. Log books of trips from Boston to
Bilboa, Jamaica, St. Johns, Leghorn, &c, usually in the brigantine
Sarah.
MSS. (1) mentioned in Wyman's "Charlestown." (2) mentioned
in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. of October, 1867, p. 367.
Boardman, Francis, of Ipswich, Mass., s. of John and Mary
(Baker) Boardman, bapt. Mar. 8, 1746 ; m. Mary Hodges; d. at Port
au Prince, Feb. 10, 1792.
Sea Journal: 1767-1788. Journals of many voyages to and from
London, Jamaica, Cadiz, the West Indies and other places. He sailed
in the ship Vaughan, Benj. Davis, master ; the schooner Nabby, Ab-
raham Davis, master ; the sloop Elizabeth, Thos. Dodge, master ; the
schooner Dolphin, Thos. Bowditch, master ; the schooner, Lively, Hol-
ton Johnson, master ; the brig Ocean, Henry Williams, master ; the
schooner Salem, Henry Williams, master ; the Hopewell, James Stan-
ford, master, and the brigantines Eliza and Hind and the sloop Adven-
ture of which he was himself the master.
MSS. all owned by the Essex Institute. Unpublished.
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NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
Boardman, Timothy, of Ipswich, Mass., s. of Timothy and Jem-
ima (Johnson) Boardman, b. Jan. 20, 1754, in Middletown, Conn.;
m. Sept. 28, 1783, Mary Ward of Middletown ; d. Apr. 5, 1838.
Sea Journal: (1) Apr. 7 -Apr. 30, 1778. "Log book kept on board
the privateer Oliver Cromwell during a cruise from New London, Conn,
to Charlestown, S. C. and return in 1778."
Sea Journal: (2) July 14 -Sept. 6, 1778. Only a few short entries.
He describes a skirmish between the Cromwell and the British ship
Admiral Keppel, near the Bahamas.
MS. owned in 1885 by Rev. Samuel W. Boardman of Stanhope,
N. J. Published by Rutland Hist. Soc, Munsell, Albany, 1885.
Boit, John, of Boston, Newport, R. I. and Jamaica Plain, Mass.,
s. of John and Sarah (Brown) Boit of Boston, b. Oct. 15, 1774 ; m.
Aug. 27, 1799, Eleanor Jones of Newport ; d. Mar. 8, 1829.
Sea Journal: Sept. 28, 1790 -Nov. 6, 1806 with some intermissions.
Journals and log books of various trips taken by him as master mar-
iner. Two circumnavigating voyages to the northwest coast, Sand-
wich Islands and China. Once in the Columbia with full description
of the discovery of the Columbia River. The journals are illustrated
with water colors and pen and ink drawings of his vessel, and the
places visited, &c.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro.,
pp. 53 - 218 from Sept. 28, 1790 - Mar. 1, 1792.
Bowditch, Ebenezer, Jr., of Salem, Mass., s. of Capt. Ebenezer
and Mary (Turner) Bowditch, b. Sept. 28, 1729 ; m. Elizabeth Gil-
man, July 17, 1755 ; d. Aug. 3, 1771.
Sea Journal: Aug. 2, 1753 -May 21, 1756. Log of voyages to Me-
deira, Halifax, &c. Contains sketches of land elevations. The voy-
age out is made in the schooner Eagle of which Ebenezer Bowditch
is master. The return trip in schooner Chance. They reach Beverly
Apr. 26, 1756 but the log is continued until May 21.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Unpublished.
Bowditch, Nathaniel, of Salem, Mass., s. of Capt. Habakuk and
Mary (Ingersoll) Bowditch, b. Mar. 26, 1773 ; m. (1) Mar. 25, 1798,
Elizabeth B. Boardman, (2) Oct. 28, 1800, Mary Ingersoll ; d. in Bos-
ton, Mar. 16, 1838.
Sea Journal: (1) Mar. 27, 1796 -May 22, 1797. Of a voyage to
Lisbon and back, on ship Astrea, Henry Prince, master, including a
harbor journal kept at Manilla Bay.
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
383
Sea journal: (2) and (3) Dec. 9, 1787 - Mar. 20, 1788 and Aug. 15 -
Dec. 25, 1788. Abridgement of Capt. Gibaut's journals of voyages
in the Grand Turk, E. H. Derby, master, from Salem to the East In-
dies and the Isle of France ; and from the Isle of France to Bombay
in the ship Peggy, John Williamson, master, and return to the Isle of
France.
Sea Journal: (4) Apr. 25 -May 30, 1789. Voyage from the Isle of
France to Island of Ceylon and Coromandel in the brig Grand Sultan,
G. G. Smith, master.
Sea Journal: (5) July 23- Aug. 27, 1790. Voyage from the Isle of
France to Salem in the brig Henry, Benj. Crowninshield, master.
Sea Journal: (6) and (7) May 17 - Sept. 5, 1791 and Dec. 18, 1793 -
Apr. 30, 1794. Capt. Gibaut's journals in the Astrea and Henry from
Salem to the Isle of France and Cape of Good Hope and return to
Salem.
Sea Journal: (8) Jan. 11 - Sept. 27, 1796. Voyage from Salem to
the East Indies in ship Henry, Henry Prince, master, including a har-
bor journal kept at St. Denis.
Sea Journal: (9) (10) (11) and (12) Sept. 30, 1795 - Jan. 3, 1796,
Mar. 27, 1796 - May 22, 1797, Aug. 15, 1798- Apr. 6, 1799 and July
23, 1799 - Sept. 16, 1800. Voyages from Salem to Europe and India
in the Astrea and Henry, with some harbor journals at Lisbon, Ma-
deira and Manilla.
MSS. copy made by Bowditch, owned by Essex Institute.
Bowers, John, of Somerset, Mass., b. 1765 ; m. Oct. 1, 1791,
Mary Robinson of Newport ; d. on coast of Africa, Mar. 21, 1820.
Sea Journal: Apr. 9, 1797 - Mar. 1799. Kept when he was super-
cargo of the John Jay, belonging to Brown & Ives of Providence,
commanded by Capt. Olney.
MS. cited in "East India Trade," Kimball.
Brereton, John.
Sea Journal: Mar. 26- June 18, 1602. Of a voyage made by Bar-
tholomew Gosnold and Bartholomew Gilbert to the southeastern
coast of New England.
MS. published in "A Briefe and true Relation of the Discoverie of
the North Part of Virginia," London, 1602.
Brown, David, of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Aaron and Anna (Stan-
ton) Brown.
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NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
Sea Journal: Sept. 7, 1791- June 10, 1792. Of a whaling cruise
in ship Manilla.
MS. cited in "Quaint Nantucket," Bliss.
Brown, James, Jr., of Providence, R. I., s. of James and Mary
(Harris) Brown, b. Mar. 22, 1698 ; m. Hope Power ; d. Apr. 27, 1739.
Sea Journal : Feb. 24 - Apr. 19, 1726/7. A voyage from Narragan-
sett to Martineco.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Historical Society. Unpublished.
Carey, Nathaniel, of Boston, Mass., s. of James and Eleanor
( ) Carey, b. in Charlestown, Mar. 7, 1645 ; m. Elizabeth ;
will probated Oct. 23, 1732.
Sea Journal : Aug. 3 - Oct. 24, 1699. Journal of a trip from Boston
to Antigua and other parts of the West Indies in the sloop Antonio.
This is addressed to the Earl of Bellomont to whom he brings letters
from the governors of the various provinces he visited. He investi-
gates the actions of Capt. Kidd and a vessel which he had left at His-
paniola.
MS. owned by Public Record Office, London. Trancript by Mass.
Hist. Soc, in F. L. Gay Papers. Published in Calendar of State
Papers, Colonial Ser.
Carpenter, Benjamin, of Salem, Mass., s. of Zachariah and Mar-
garet (Child) Carpenter, b. May 3, 1751 in Rehoboth, Mass. ; m. (1)
Dec. 1, 1774, Esther Gerrish, (2) July 26, 1795, Abigail Gerrish, (3)
July 16, 1823, Mrs. Deborah Austin Lee ; d. at Cambridge, Sept. 16,
1823.
Sea Journal : May 14, 1792 - July 13, 1794. Journal of a voyage
to the East Indies in ship Hercules, himself master. Has many fine
sketches in pen and ink. "The most beautiful specimen of a sea
journal of the olden time that is anywhere preserved. . . . The ap-
pearance of the journal is proof that he liked to have things done as
handsomely as possible and the records of his voyages show that
smartness, discipline and thoroughness ruled his conduct afloat and
ashore." — R. D. Paine.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Extracts published in
"Ships and Sailors of Old Salem," by Paine.
Champlain, Samuel de, of France, b. at Brouage, France, 1575 ;
m. 1610, Helene Boulle ; d. Dec. 25, 1635.
Sea Journal : June 18 - July 17, 1605. Voyage along the coasts of
Maine and Massachusetts from the Isle of St. Croix as far as Cape
Cod. He travels with Sieur de Monts.
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385
MS. published in Paris, 1613. A translation by the Prince Society,
Boston, 1878. Also in "Sailors' Narratives of New England Vovages "
Boston, 1905.
Chapman, Selden, Capt., of East Haddam, Conn., s. of Col. Jabez
and Sarah (Olmstead) Chapman, b. at East Haddam, 1758 ; m.
Hope Lord, 1795.
Sea Journal: (1) Jan. 16 -Feb. 15, 1799. Log books of voyages
in the ship Commerce, Selden Chapman, master. A trip from New
London to Barbadoes.
Sea Journal: (2) Mar. 21 - Apr. 17, 1799. From Martinique to
New London.
Sea Journal : (3) Aug. 23 - Sept. 25, 1799. From New London to
Grenada.
Sea Journal : (4) Oct. 30 - Dec. 7, 1799. From St. Georges, Grenada.
This is not finished. There are but few entries, the last one being
"blowing a gale." The Commerce was lost at Cape Henry, December
25, 1799.
MSS. owned by American Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Chase, Peter, of Nantucket, Mass., m. Elizabeth Hussey, July 18,
1789.
Sea Journal: June 3 -Nov. 7, 1795. "Journal from Boston To-
wards Portsmouth in England. But intended for Havre de Grace.
In the ship Four Sisters of Boston." Kept by Peter Chase.
Clarke, A.
Sea Journal : Mar. 10 - Aug. 8, 1799. A log of the Russell, William
Woods, commander, on a voyage to Batavia. Notes of the countries.
MS. owned by Newport Hist. Soc.
Cleveland, Richard J., Capt., of Salem, Mass. and Lancaster,
Mass., s. of Capt. Stephen and Margaret (Jeffrey) Cleveland, b. Dec.
19, 1773; m. Dorcas Cleveland Hiller, Oct. 12, 1804; d. in Danvers,
Nov. 23, 1860.
Sea Journal: Jan. 10, 1799 -Jan. 4, 1804. Journals of each days
experience on voyages from America to Calcutta, France, Denmark,
Sandwich Islands and other places. These journals "often reveal
such a personal connection with the incidents of the narrative as
adds very greatly to their interest."
MS. owned in 1886 by H. W. S. Cleveland of Danvers, Mass. Pub-
lished in "A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises,"
Cambridge, 1842. Also in "A Merchant Navigator," New York, 1886.
386
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Crosby, Silvanus, Jr., of Nantucket, Mass., d. Feb. 1794.
Sea Journal: Sept. 30, 1791 - Jan. 27, 1794. "Silvanus Crosby His
Remark Book." A journal of a voyage from Nantucket to the East
Indies in the good ship Asia, Elijah Coffin, master.
MS. owned by Nantucket Hist. Soc.
Crowninshield, Benjamin, of Salem, Mass., s. of Jacob and Han-
nah (Carlton) Crowninshield, b. Feb. 16, 1758 ; m. Nov. 9, 1780, Mary
Lambert of Salem ; d. Nov. 2, 1836.
Sea Journal: May 21 - Aug 21, 1777. Log of a cruise of the frigate
Boston, Hector McNeill, master. He describes a battle July 7, 1777.
MS. owned by Hon. Charles W. Gray, Portsmouth, N. H. Unpub-
lished.
Currier, Jacob, Capt., of Salisbury, Mass., s. of Jacob and Mary
(Barnard) Currier, b. May 16, 1740 ; m. at East Kingston, N. H., Jan.
22, 1761, Esther Greelay ; d. Jan. 1818.
Sea Journal: Aug. 7 -Sept. 30, 1780. Log book of a voyage from
Salisbury to Hispaniola and back to Newburyport, in schooner Eagle.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Unpublished.
Cutting, Nathaniel, of Newburyport, Mass. See under Diaries.
Sea Journal: Aug. 2 -Sept. 14, 1780. Of a voyage from Bilboa to
Salem, on ship Pickering, Jonathan Haraden, commander.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
Davies, James, Capt.
Sea Journal : June 1 - Sept. 26, 1607. 'The Relation of a Voyage
into New England Began from the Lizard the first of June 1607 by
Capt. Popham in the ship the Gift, and Capt. Gilbert in the Mary and
John Written by and found amongst the papers of the truly
Worshipful Sr. Ferdinando Gorgas Knt. by me. Wm. Griffith." This
title was added later to the original manuscript.
MS. in the Library of Lambeth Palace, London, England, MS. No.
806. Copy owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Published in Pro. of Mass.
Hist. Soc, Vol. 18, p. 94. Also in "Sailors' Narratives of New Eng-
land Voyages," Boston, 1905.
Davis, Eli as, Capt., of Gloucester, Mass., s. of Samuel and Sarah
(Whittredge?) Davis, bapt. June 10, 1756; m. Feb. 29, 1780, Lucy
Haskell of Deer Island, Me. ; d. Oct. 16, 1821.
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387
Sea Journal : Dec. 9, 1781 - Dec. 18, 1799. A mixture of a log book,
journal and account book. Many trips from Boston to South Amer-
ica, West Indies, &c.
MS. owned by Harvard College. Unpublished.
Devereux, James, Capt., of Salem, Mass., s. of James and Eleanor
(Murphy) Devereux, b. in Westford, Ireland, Apr. 14, 1766 ; m. Sept.
13, 1792, Sally Crowninshield ; d. May 29, 1846.
Sea Journal : Dec. 11, 1798 - May 20, 1800. Journal of a voyage to
Batavia and Japan on ship Franklin, from Boston, he being master.
MS. contemporaneous copy owned by Essex Institute, Salem. Un-
published.
Dixey, John, of Marblehead, Mass., m. (1) Mary Homan, Jan. 2,
1745/6, (2) Tabitha Abraham, Nov. 12, 1773.
Sea Journal : 1753. Ames' Almanac. A trip in the Swallow of
Marblehead, John Dixey, master, to Eustasia. Other short voyages
made by himself, and the sailing of other vessels.
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Unpublished.
Dodge, Unite, of Boston, Mass.
Sea Journal: (1) July 12, 1792- July 15, 1794, with many undated
pages before July 12. A passage from Boston to the East Indies.
Long descriptions of many places he visits and a few pen and ink
drawings.
Sea Journal : (2) Sept. 15 - Sept. 29, 1794. Of his return trip on ship
Hercules, Benj. Carpenter of Salem, master, from Flushing to Boston.
MSS. owned by Boston Athenaeum.
Drowne, Solomon, Dr., of N. Foster, R. I. See under Diaries.
Sea Journal: Oct. 3 - Oct. 23, 1780. Of a cruise in the sloop-of-war
Hope, Capt. Munro, commander. A privateer sailing from Provi-
dence.
MS. owned by Mr. Henry Russell Drowne of N. Y. Published in
R. I. Hist. Mag., 1884. Also privately printed by Chas. L. Morean
and H. R. Drowne, N. Y., 1872.
Drowne, William, Capt., of Providence, R. I., s. of Solomon and
Mercy (Tillinghast) (Arnold) Drowne of Providence, R. I., b. Apr. 17,
1755 ; unmarried ; d. Apr. 9, 1786.
Sea Journal: (1) May 20- July 27, 1780. Journal of the cruise of
the ship General Washington, James Munro, commander, owned by
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Mr. John Brown of Providence, an American privateer. Very inter-
esting and well written. Sixty-three pages of foolscap.
Sea Journal: (2) Apr. 28 - July 26, 1781. Journal of the first cruise
of the privateer ship Belisarius, James Munro, commander, from Bos-
ton to New York. Captured August 7 by frigates (British) Amphri-
trite, Medad and Virginia. Capt. William Brown was clerk of the
ship and became a prisoner on the old Jersey, New York, August 12,
1781. Eighty-one pages.
MS. owned by Henry Russell Drowne, Esq., 306 West 78th St.,
New York City. Unpublished.
Easton, Daniel.
Sea Journal: (1) Dec. 6, 1757 -Feb. 3, 1758, (2) Feb. 4, 1758 -Mar.
30, 1758, (3) Apr. 7, - Apr. 23, 1758, (4) Apr. 24 - May 30, 1758.
Logs of the sloop Blakeney, James Gardiner, commander. Trips to
Porto Rico and Jamaica. Part of the way they were accompaned by
the schooner Albany, Arent King, commander. Both vessels were
privateers. Long diary entries about the places and people. Daniel
Easton was the captain's clerk. He gives a list of the men and
officers on board.
MSS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc, in the Thomas Allen papers.
Unpublished.
Eaton, Jacob, of Farmington, Maine, s. of Jacob and Sarah
(Malcolm) Eaton of Topsham, b. at Pemaquid, now Bristol, Me.,
Apr. 8, 1741 ; m. Nov. 27, 1764, Elizabeth Thorn of Topsham ; d.
Nov. 18, 1791.
Sea Journal: June 14 - Nov. 18, 1791. A trip in the Lark, from
Sandy River to St. John, N. B., narrates with great minuteness the
adventures of the party. In passing the falls of St. John the boat
went to the bottom and the diarist was drowned.
MS. mentioned in "History of Farmington," p. 464.
Edgell, Benjamin, of Lexington and Woburn, Mass., s. of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth (Norman) Edgell, b. 1735 ; m. Susanna Wyman ;
d. Oct. 19, 1819.
Sea Journal : Dec. 8, 1757 -June 24, 1758. "An account book
contains a Journal, much bescribbled and tallow stained, of a cruise
of Benjamin Edgell to the West Indies in the privateer Pownall of
Massachusetts." Describes various adventures, captures of other
boats, islands visited, &c. "The book itself is a rich mine of names
and accounts."
MS. owned by Woburn Public Library. Published in "Hurd's
Middlesex County," 1890, Vol. 1, p. 401.
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389
Erving, John, Col., of Boston, Mass., "an eminent merchant," b.
at Kirkwall in the Orkneys, 1693 ; m. Dec. 2, 1725 in Boston, Abigail
Phillips ; d. in Boston, Aug. 20, 1786.
Sea Journal: (1) May 8, 1727- Oct. 20, 1727. "A Journal of our
Intended Way by God's permission on the Ship Sarah from Boston,
N. England for Amsterdam."
Sea Journal: (2) Dec. 13, 1729 - May 12, 1730. "Journal of our
Intended voyage upon God's permission In the Ship Sarah of Boston
from Boston for London."
Sea Journal: (3) July 8, 1730 -Nov. 18, 1730. "A Jurnel of our
Intended voyage from Boston, N. England to London in the Ship
Sarah" On this third trip Mr. Jacob Wendell and Severall gentle-
men and Ladys "came down apleashouring."
Sea Journal: (4) Nov. 16, 1734 -Dec. 2, 1745. A day-book and
journal. 556 pp.
MSS. (1) (2) and (3) owned by Mass. Historical Society, given in
1794 by John Erving, Jr. (4) by Boston Public Library, purchased
from the Lawrence fund.
Fairbanks, John, of Starlinton Plantation in the County of Lincoln
of the State or Commonwealth of the Mass., s. of Capt. Asa and
Sarah (Pond) Fairbanks, b. at Wrentham, Mass., Jan. 6, 1755 ; d.
Oct. 16, 1796 at Machias, Me.
Sea Journal: July 1 - Sept. 21, 1782. On the privateer Washington,
very short entries.
MS. published in Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d ser., Vol. 6, p. 139.
Fanning, Phineas, of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Phineas and Mehit-
able (Wells) Fanning, b. on Long Island, Aug. 6, 1750 ; m. in Nan-
tucket, Apr. 5, 1777, Keziah Coffin (the Miriam Coffin of the novel) ;
d. Dec. 21, 1798.
Sea Journal: Apr. 1, 1775. Journal of a voyage from Nantucket
to Long Island.
MS. owned by Mrs. W. A. Price, Wilmington, N. C. Copy by
Mr. Nicholas Schink. Unpublished.
Fisk, John, Gen., of Salem, Mass., s. of Rev. Daniel and Anna
(Gerrish) Fisk, b. in Salem, May 6, 1744 ; m. (1) Lydia Phippen, June
12, 1766, (2) Mrs. Martha (Lee) Hibbert, Feb. 11, 1783, (3) Mrs. Sar-
ah (Wendell) Gerry of Marblehead, June 18, 1786; d. Sept. 28, 1797.
Sea Journal: (1) June 18, 1776 - Sept. 13, 1776. Journal of the
"sloop Tyrannicide Cruze Myself Commander." He cruises around
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the New England coast, goes to the Barbadoes, meets other privateers,
captures prizes, &c. Gives an account of the capture of the ship
Lord Howe with one hundred officers and men.
Sea Journal : (2) Nov. 1, 1776 - Jan. 21, 1777. Sailed on the Tyran-
nicide, the brig Massachusetts in company. This second journal seems
to be in a different hand from (1) and (3) but is kept in the same
book.
Sea Journal: (3) Mar. 24- July 24, 1777. "A journal of an Intend-
ed Cruize in the State Brig Massachusetts kept by me Jno. Fisk." A
log of the voyage. Part of the time the Tyrannicide is in company.
Also captures prizes.
MSS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished. Mr. Eben Putnan
of Wellesley Farms, Mass., owns letter books and account books of
General Fisk.
Fitch, Obed, Capt., of Nantucket.
Sea Journal : (1) Nov. 24, 1784 - May 26, 1785. "A jornal of a
Voyage Intended by God's Premission From Nantucket to Domenico
Kept by Obed Fitch on Bord of the Good Schooner Lark, Solomon
Coffin Master," and return.
Sea Journal : (2) June 21 - Aug. 19, 1785. From Nantucket to Lon-
don.
Sea Journal : (3) Aug. 13, 1785 - July 21, 1786. On ship Maria,
Wm. Mooers, Master, London to Brazil.
MSS. all owned by Nantucket Athenaeum. Unpublished.
Folger, Peleg, of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Eleazar and Bethia
(Gardner) Folger, b. Oct. 13, 1733 ; unmarried ; d. May 26, 1789.
Sea Journal: (1) May 1, 1751- July 20, 1751; (2) March 16,1752-
May 26, 1752 ; (3) June 3, 1752- Aug. 14, 1752; (4) Aug. 18- Aug.
26, 1752 ; (5) Apr. 8 - Sept. 22, 1753 ; (6) Mar. 9 - May 30, 1754 ; (7)
July 11 - Sept. 12, 1754 ; (8) Apr. 20 - Sept. 13, 1757 ; (9) June 14 - Sept.
16,1759; (10) July 4 - Aug. 28, 1760 ; (11) Mar. 13 -Apr. 4, 1760.
"Many people who keep Journals at sea fill them up with trifles. I
purpose in the following sheets not to keep an overstrict history of
every trifling occurrence that happens ; only now and then some par-
ticular affair, and to fill up the rest with subjects Mathematical, His-
torical, Philosophical or Poetical as best suits my inclination. " Logs
of whaling cruises on board the Grampus, Mary, Sea Flower, Grey-
hound and Phoebe. He gives much general information and many
observations.
MSS. owned by Nantucket Athenaeum. Unpublished.
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Folger, Peter, of Nantucket, Mass.
Sea Journal: (1) July 10 -Sept. 4,1757; (2) June 28 -Sept. 21-
1758; (3) July 4 -Sept. 25, 1759; (4) July 9 -Sept. 2, 1760; (5) June
29 - Aug. 8, 1761 ; (6) July 6 - Sept. 23, 1762. Logs of whaling trips
in the Endeavour, Bristol and Francis.
MSS. owned by Nantucket Athenaeum. Unpublished.
Fowler, Robert, of Burlington, Yorkshire.
Sea Journal : June 1 - last day of July, 1657. "A Quaker's Sea
Journal being a True Relation of a Voyage to New England" in the
Woodhouse. Robert Fowler was master. He brought with him eleven
Quakers, five of whom he landed at New Amsterdam, the others
at Rhode Island.
MS. owned by British Museum. Published in London, 1659. Re-
printed in 'The Narragansett Friend's Meeting," by Caroline Haz-
ard, Boston, 1899.
Frost, Sarah, Mrs., of Stamford, Conn., dau. of Isaac and Joanna
(Ward) Scofield, b. in Stamford, Dec. 29, 1754; m. Capt. William
Frost; d. at Kingston, Jan. 24, 1817.
Sea Journal : May 25 - June 30, 1783. "Written on board the Ship
Two Sisters during her voyage to St. Johns River Nova Scotia in the
Spring of A. D. 1783." "The following diary will be found to throw
additional light upon the nature of the voyage with all its accompany-
ing discomforts. It will also enable the reader in some measure to
realize the trials experienced by the Loyalists in parting with near
relatives and life-long friends and give some idea of their first im-
pressions on landing upon our rugged shores."
MS. published in Kingston, N. B. and the "Loyalists of 1783," by
Walter Bates. Also in "Frost Genealogy," J. C. Frost, 1912, p. 396.
Gardner, George, of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Grafton and Abi-
gail (Coffin) Gardner, b. June 10, 1731 ; m. Rebecca Coffin ; d. Sept.
3, 1785.
Sea Journal: (1) July 5 - Oct. 11, 1763. In sloop Dolphin, Richard
Gardner, master.
Sea Journal: (2) Mar. 29 - Oct. 10, 1764. Whaling cruise.
Sea Journal: (3) July 9 - Oct. 5, 1765. In sloop Olive, Paul Pink-
ham, master. All trips to the Grand Banks. The book also con-
tains notes of his as Justice of the Peace, including some marriages.
There are extracts in "Quaint Nantucket," Bliss, from journals for
1751 - 1757 but these have not been placed.
MSS. owned by Nantucket Athenaeum. Unpublished.
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Gardner, Tristram, of Nantucket, s. of Tristram Gardner, m.
Kezia Gardner of Nantucket, Sept. 25, 1798.
Sea Journal: (1) Mar. 22-Aug. 1, 1788. A return trip to Nantucket
on the ship Manilla.
Sea Journal: (2) Sept. 7, 1790 -June 10, 1791. On board the
Penelope from Dunkirk. Tristram Gardner was the mate of these
vessels.
MSS. both owned by Nantucket Athenaeum.
Gerrish, Benjamin, of Salem, Mass. See under Diaries.
Sea Journal: Nov. 15, 1716 - Mar. 31, 1717. A sea journal begin-
ning in the middle of a voyage. He reaches London Dec. 31 and sails
for home by way of Jamaica and Hispaniola. Many personal entries
and in the back various accounts and farming notes.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc. Unpublished.
Gorham, George, Capt., of Stamford, Conn., s. of Shubael and
Puella (Hussey) Gorham of Barnstable, b. Jan. 29, 1697 ; m. July 20,
1726, Hannah Banks of Greenwich.
Sea Journal: (1) Mar. 22 - June 6, 1726, (2) Oct. 22 - Nov. 15, 1726,
(3) Mar. 11 - Apr. 7, 1727, (4) June 15-Oct. 7, 1727. Log books and
journals of several different trips to the Barbadoes.
MSS. owned by Miss Caroline Gorham, Noroton, Conn. Published
in part in the "Barnstable Patriot," for Mar. 8, 1897.
Gorham, John, Col., of Barnstable, Mass., s. of Shubal and Mary
(Thacher) Gorham, b. at Yarmouth, Dec. 12, 1709; m. Mar. 9, 1732,
Eliza Allen; d. at Louisbourg, Feb. 20, 1745/6.
Sea Journal : (1) June 29, 1737 - Oct. 7, 1738. Kept on the sloop
Neptune where he was supercargo.
Sea Journal: (2) Kept at Louisbourg. Partly military.
MSS. both owned by John M. Gorham, Cleveland, O. (1) Unpub-
lished. (2) published in N. Y, Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. 29, p. 45.
Also in Mayflower Descendant, 1903.
Greele, Thomas, of Newburyport, m. Aug. 3, 1780, Hannah
Pigeon.
Sea Journal: Mar. 28 -June 4, 1779 (dates of extracts). Kept
when he was sailing master of the General Arnold, Moses Brown,
captain. Short accounts of engagements with English ships.
MS. owned by Hon. Moses Brown, Newburyport. Published in
"History of Newburyport," Currier, p. 631.
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393
Green, Ezra, Dr., of Dover, N. H., Surgeon of the Continental
Ship of W ar Ranger, s. of Ezra and Eunice (Burrill) Green, b. in
Maiden, Mass., June 23,1746; m. Dec. 13, 1778, Susannah Hayes :
d. July 25, 1847, aged 101.
Sea Journal: Nov. 1, 1777 -Sept. 27, 1778. A diary of a cruise of
the Ranger under the command of Capt. John Paul Jones. Gives an
account of an engagement with the sloop-of -war Drake. The cruise
was to Belle Isle, Quibberon, Brest and Ireland.
MS. owned by N. E. Historic Gen. Soc. Published in N. E. Hist.
Gen. Reg., Jan. 1875, with notes by Com. Geo. Henry Preble, U. S. N.
Also privately printed, Boston, 1875.
Hammond, Philip, Capt., of Ipswich, Mass., m. Aug. 15, 1757,
Elizabeth Hart ; d. at the West Indies, Nov. 29, 1797.
Sea Journal : July 16, 1768 (date of extract). The extract relates
to their arrival at Port Royal where they landed oxen, horses and
sheep.
MS. cited in Antiquarian Papers, Ipswich, Jan. 1881.
Haswell, Robert, Lieut., of Nantucket, Mass., s. of Capt. Wil-
liam and Rachel (Woodward) Haswell of the British Navy ; b. per-
haps in England ; m. Mary Cordis of Charlestown, Oct. 17, 1797 ;
lost at sea, Aug. 1801.
Sea Journal: (1) 1787 - 1789. Journal of a voyage in the Columbia,
Rediviva and in the sloop Washington in a trip around the world.
Sea Journal: (2) Sept. 28, 1790 - Feb. 20, 1792. Log book of the
ship Columbia, Capt. Robert Gray, in her voyage from Boston to the
northwest coast of America.
Sea Journal: (3) Aug. 14, 1791 -May, 1793. Log of a voyage
under Capt. Gray. Probably same as (2) when Columbia River was
discovered.
MSS. (1) and (3) owned in 1870 by John J. Clarke of Boston,
Mass. Copy in Archives of British Columbia. (2) by Library of Con-
gress, presented by Charles Bulfinch in 1841. (1) Abstract in Ban-
croft's "History of the N. W. Coast."
Hathorne, Nathaniel, of Salem, Mass., s. of Capt. Daniel and
Rachel (Phelps) Hathorne, b. May 19, 1775 ; m. Aug. 2, 1801, Eliza-
beth C. Manning of Ipswich ; d. in Surinam before Apr. 19, 1808.
Sea Journal: (1) Dec. 3, 1795- Apr. 10, 1796. From Calcutta to
America in ship America, N. Hathorne, master.
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Sea Journal: (2) Dec. 13, 1796 - Apr. 9, 1798. Of a voyage to Bata-
via, Manilla and Canton in ship Perseverance, Richard Wheatland,
master.
Sea Journal: (3) Feb. 14, 1800 -Feb. 25, 1801. Log on voyage
from Boston to Madeira on the Herald. 117 pp. folio.
MSS. (1) and (2) owned by Essex Institute. (3) owned in 1916
by Anderson Galleries, N. Y.
Higginson, Francis, Rev., of Salem, Mass., s. of Rev. John
Higginson, bapt. Aug. 6, 1686 in England, at Claybrooke, Leicester-
shire ; m. in England, Ann ; d. Aug. 6, 1630.
Sea Journal: Apr. 25, 1629 -June, 1629. "A true Relation of the
last Voyage to New England declaring all circumstances with the
manner of the passage we had by sea, and what manner of country
and inhabitants we found when we came to land ; and what is the
present state and condition of the English people that are there
already. Faithfully recorded according to the very truth, for the
satisfaction of very many of my loving friends who have earnestly
requested to be truly certified in these things." The Journal is sup-
plemented by a description of New England.
MS. an old copy is now in possession of Mass. Hist. Society
(formerly owned by Gov. Hutchinson). Published in "Chronicles of
the First Planters," by Alexander Young.
Hilton, Benjamin, Capt., of Manchester, Mass., s. of Benjamin
and Miriam (Badcock) Hilton, b. Feb. 6, 1743/4 ; m. Jan. 20, 1767,
Judith Searl; d. at sea, 1772.
Sea Journal: 1762 - 1765. Two volumes of voyages on the Breat-
tany, Lucy, Salley, Louisay, Patty, Corr and Darby. Accounts of each
days happenings, including nautical reckonings. He goes to Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Fyall, West Indies, &c.
MS. owned in 1875 by Mr. Benjamin Hilton of Haverhill, Mass.
Hodge, Michael, Capt., of Newburyport, Mass., s. of Capt. Chas.
and Elizabeth (Titcomb) Hodge, b. Sept. 3, 1743 ; d. June 24, 1816.
Sea Journal: Feb. 25 -July 13, 1768. Kept on a trip from New-
buryport to Guadaloupe in the schooner Defiance, Jonathan Board-
man, master.
MS. owned by Old Newbury Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Hodges, Benjamin, of Salem, Mass., s. of John and Mary (Manning)
Hodges, b. Apr. 26, 1754; m. Nov. 19, 1778, Hannah King of Salem ;
d. Apr. 13, 1806.
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Sea Journal: (1) Jan. 4 - May 12, 1785. Journal of voyage to
West Indies, Sebastian Grant, captain.
Sea Journal: (2) Dec. 24, 1786 -Dec. 17, 1787. Log of voyage to
Russia in Astrea, Benj. Hodges, master. These two possibly kept
by another hand.
Sea Journal : (3) Dec. 26, 1788 - May 18, 1790. Journal of a voyage
to Canton in brig William Henry, Benj. Hodges, master.
Sea Journal: (4) Mar. 11, 1792 - June 12, 1793. A voyage to India
in ship Grand Turk, Benj. Hodges, master.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. (4) Published in
"Merchant Venturers of Old Salem," by R. E. Peabody, p. 120.
Hodges, John, Jr., of Salem, Mass., s. of John and Mary (Manning)
Hodges, b. Nov. 29, 1749 ; unmarried ; lost at sea, Jan. 2, 1770.
Sea Journal: (1) Dec. 10, 1766 -June 18, 1767; (2) June 25 -Oct.
14,1767; (3) Oct. 19 -Nov. 4,1767; (4) May 19 -June 30, 1768;
(5) Oct. 12 -Oct. 31, 1768; (6) Apr. 17 -May 10, 1769. These are
journals of voyages to the West Indies, from Salem and return, on
the schooners Leopard and General Wolfe. Bartholomew Putnam
was master of the Leopard and Hodges of the General Wolfe.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Unpublished.
Hoskins, John Box, of Boston, Mass., s. of William and Lydia
(Box) Hoskins, bapt. Dec. 14, 1768 ; m. (1) , (2) Catharine
Girard of Bordeaux, France ; d. in the Isle of France, administration
on his estate July 26, 1824.
Sea Journal: (1) Apr. 11, 1791 -Jan. 17, 1792. Log and journal of
the Columbia when the Columbia River and Oregon were discovered,
gives the customs of the natives and description of their winter
quarters at Clioquoit.
Sea Journal: (2) Oct. 1, 1788 -Mar. 29, 1792. Narrative of a
voyage to the North West coast of America and China performed in
the ships Columbia and Rediviva, written by him from the original
log books.
MSS. (1) owned by Mrs. Edith R. Emerson, Lexington, Mass,
(2) by Mass. Hist. Soc, given by Dr. Henry Taylor in 1891.
Howland, John, Capt., of Dartmouth, Mass., s. of James and
Elizabeth (Wing) Howland, b. 27, 1, 1742 in Dartmouth ; m. (1) 27,
11, 1756, Hannah Smith, (2) 1, 9, 1773, Elizabeth Almy, (3) 5, 1,
1780, Reliance Shepperd, all of Dartmouth; d. 25, 9, 1826.
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Sea Journal: (1) 14th day 4th mo. - 15th day 10th mo. 1768. "His
Jornal book." From Dartmouth to the Straits of Belleisle in the
sloop Reliance.
Sea Journal: (2) 21st day 12th mo. -25th day 12th mo., 1768.
From Dartmouth to Maryland in the Triton.
Sea Journal : (3) 22d day 4th mo. - 8th day 7th mo., 1769. To the
Straits of Belleisle.
Sea Journal: (4) 17th day 12th mo. - 28th day 12th mo., 1771. To
Virginia in the Nelley, John Howland, master.
Sea Journal: (5) 1st day 3d mo., 1775- 4th day 11th mo., 1775.
To London in the brig Joseph and Judith.
Sea Journal: (6) 4th day 6th mo. -27th day 11 mo., 1776. From
Nova Scotia to West Indies.
MSS. owned by New Bedford Public Library. Unpublished.
Hoyt, Samuel, Capt., of East Guilford, Conn., s. of Jonathan and
Martha (Dudley) Hoyt, b. Apr. 3, 1744 in East Guilford ; m. (1)
Clotilda Wilcox, (2) Mrs. Mary Stone ; d. Oct. 5, 1826 at Madison.
Sea Journal : 1762 - 1800. Journal of roving sea-life. Evidently
rewritten from notes and memory, "a true sea-story more fascinating
than fiction."
MS. owned by Mr. Henry Stone of Madison, Conn. Extracts
published in Conn. Mag., Vol. 10, p. 631.
Ilsley, Paul, of Newbury, Mass., s. of Joseph, Jr. and Rebecca
(Noyes) Ilsley, m. Sarah Hopson of Rowley, May 28, 1761 ; sailed
from Newbury, Feb. 1763 and was never heard from.
Sea Journal: Nov. 12, 1760 -July 14, 1761. Log book of the
schooner Desire, Edmund Wright, master. Trips to and from Vir-
ginia and the West Indies.
MS. owned by Mr. Paul Ilsley, 62 High St., Newbury. Unpub-
lished. Mr. Ilsley also owns many letters of Paul Ilsley.
Ingraham, Joseph, Capt., of Boston, Mass., s. of Joseph and
Mary (Macfarland) Ingraham, b. July 7, 1714, in Boston ; m. Hannah
Sprague, Dec. 25, 1735 ; d. 1799.
Sea Journal: Sept. 16, 1790 -Nov. 5, 1792. Journal of the brigan-
tine Hope to the northwest coast of America from Boston. Four vol-
umes, beautifully illustrated with pen and ink drawings and water
colors. It relates to the discovery of the Ingraham islands.
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397
MS. owned by Library of Congress. Copy in British Columbia
Archives, Vancouver. Extracts in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., Vol. II,
p. 20.
Jones, John Paul, Lieut., of Virginia, s. of John and Jeannie
(McDuff) Paul, b. July 6, 1747 in Scotland ; d. July 18, 1792.
Sea Journal: (1) Feb. 17- Apr. 11, 1776. Log of the Alfred sailing
from the Capes of the Delaware to New London, Conn., where they
put in for repairs. They also went to R. I., Adm. Esek Hopkins, com-
mander.
Sea Journal: (2) Nov. and Dec. 1776. Kept when John Paul Jones
was captain. "Note of the time and material of Occurences during
the Alfred's cruise in Nov. and Dec. 1776. "
MSS. cited in "Life of Esek Hopkins," Field, p. 122; also Force's
Am. Archives. 5th ser., Vol. Ill, p. 1282.
Just, Robert, of Lyme House, England.
Sea Journal: July 12- Aug. 8, 1609. Of the third voyage of Henry
Hudson to Nova Scotia and the shores of Maine and southeastern
Massachusetts. Robert Juet was mate.
MS. published in "Purchase His Pilgrimes," London, 1625. Also
in "Sailors' Narratives of New England Voyages," Boston, 1905.
Kennison, William, Lieut.
Sea Journal: May 28 - Oct. 16, 1778. Kept on board the Boston,
Capt. Tucker. He was off Providence and Marblehead.
MS. owned in 1880 by a descendant.
Kilham, Abraham, of Beverlv, Mass., s. of Daniel, Jr., and Eliza-
beth (Kimball) Kilham, b. Feb. 19, 1765; m. (1) Oct. 3, 1798, Betsey
Lovett, (2) Mar. 29, 1807, Louisa Bridge ; d. Nov. 25, 1834.
Sea Journal : (1) Jan. 30, 1790 - June 14, 1791. Log of the schooner
Rambler, John Hammond, captain, to St. Eustacius, selling the cargo
and taking on another.
Sea Journal: (2) Oct. 29, 1794 -Feb. 24, 1795. (3) May 20 -June
28, 1795. On the ship Lucy, S. Blanchard, master, on a voyage from
Philadelphia to the East Indies and return to Salem.
Sea Journal : (4) Mar. 26 - Dec. 16, 1796. Log of the snow Fanny,
Abraham Kilham, master, from Boston to the Cape of Good Hope ;
ends on the coast of Natal.
Sea Journal: (5) Jan. 19 - May 4, 1797. (6) Sept. 4 - Oct. 24, 1797.
On the snow Fanny, from the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Isle
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of Wight. Describes their capture by other vessels who put a prize
master on board. They were however allowed to go on their way
after some of their property had been taken. The second log is of
their return home.
Sea Journal: (7) Aug. 20, 1787- Apr. 7, 1801. A diary of the var-
ious movements of Abraham Kilham, especially the dates when he
left or arrived at some port, names of ships on which he sailed and
other events. Seems to be kept in two different hands.
MSS. all owned by the Beverly Hist. Soc, given by the Misses
Kilham. Unpublished.
Knepp, John, of England.
Sea Journal: Sept. 5, 1683 -June 24, 1684. Beautifully written,
with pen and ink drawings. Of his trip from the Downs to Boston,
Mass., in His Majesty's ship Rose, Wm. Phipps, commander. De-
scribes his stay in Boston and his return to England in the Thomas
and Susan.
MS. owned by British Museum, Egerton MSS., No. 2526. Copy by
Mass. Hist. Soc. Abstract published in Gay Collection of Hist. Tran-
scripts, Brookline, 1913.
Knight, Nathaniel, Sr., Capt., of Salem, Mass., m. Sarah .
Sea Journal : May 16 - July 1, 1762. Of a voyage from St. Martins
in the sloop Tryall towards Salem. He was captured by a Spanish
privateer off Porto Rico.
MS. published in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Apr. 1890, pp. 200-201.
Lawrence, Love, of Lincoln, Mass., dau. of Rev. William and
Love (Adams) Lawrence, b. Apr. 18, 1754 ; m. Sept. 23, 1774, Dr.
Joseph Adams of Townshend ; d. Feb. 3, 1803, at Liscard, Cornwall,
England. .
Sea Journal: July 6- July 20, 1784. A letter written from day to
day to her sister describing her journey to Devon, England and the
people with whom she spent her time. She was on the ship Active.
A good picture of an ocean trip in 1784.
MS. owned by Miss Edith Willis Linn, Glenora, N. Y. Published
in Journal of Am. History, Vol. 3, p. 441.
Locke, John, Deacon, of Southborough, Mass. and Fitzwilliam,
N. H., s. of James and Elizabeth (Burnap) Locke, b. Dec. 16, 1733 ;
m. Nov. 12, 1766, Beulah Newton of Southborough ; d. at Sullivan,
N. H., Feb. 16, 1823.
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399
Sea Journal : 1762. Log book and journal kept on the ship of war
Foudroyant, commanded by Capt. Duff. Account of attack on Mar-
tinico in the war between Great Britain and France.
MS. in the hands of John Goodwin Locke in 1853. Mentioned in
"The Book of the Lockes," p. 59.
Low, Rufus.
Sea Journal: Dec. 16, 1799 -Nov. 29, 1800. "Journal kept on
board the United States ship Essex, of 32 guns, by Rufus Low."
MS. "printed for and sold by Wm. T. Clapp, at the sign of the Bos-
ton Frigate, Fish St., Boston." Also the part from May 6 - Nov. 29
in Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., Vol. X, p. 70. Is with the papers of Capt.
E. Preble.
Maccarty, Thaddeus, Capt., of Boston, Mass., s. of Thaddeus
and Elizabeth Maccarty, b. Sept. 12, 1670; m. June 14, 1716, Mary
Greenough.
Sea Journal : Dec. 27, 1718 - Dec. 25, 1719. Log of six short trips
on the brigantine Success of which he was master, to Jamaica, Lon-
don and the Barbadoes.
MS. owned by Am. Antiq. Soc.
Mather, Richard, of Dorchester, Mass., s. of Thomas and Mar-
garet (Young) Mather, b. in England, 1596 ; m. (1) Sept. 29, 1624,
Katharine Holt, (2) Aug. 26, 1656, Sarah (Story) Cotton ; d. Apr. 22,
1669.
Sea Journal : Apr. 16 - Aug. 1635. Of his voyage to New England,
the daily life on ship board, the illnesses, food, weather, with mention
of his fellow passengers.
MS. owned by Dorchester Antiq. and Hist. Soc. Published in
"Chronicles of the First Planters," Young, p. 445. Also in Dor. Antiq.
Soc. Colls., Vol. 3. Extracts in "Mather Genealogy," Mather, p. 34.
Mix, Jonathan, Capt., of New Haven, Conn., s. of Jonathan and
Mary (Peck) Mix, b. Apr. 19, 1753; m. (1) Aug. 6, 1776, Anna Sears,
(2) Aug. 5, 1800, Elizabeth Mary Phipps ; d. in New York, Jan. 18,
1817.
Sea Journal: Sept. 20 - Dec. 18, 1778. Journal kept on board the
Marlborough. He was captain of marines in pursuit of the Jamaica
fleet.
MS. published in "Life of Jonathan Mix," Blake, 1886, p. 32.
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Moody, Joshua, Lieut., of Newbury, Mass., s. of Stephen and
Ann (Lunt) Moody, bapt. June 8, 1735 ; m. May 4, 1758, Sarah Dole ;
d. in Martinico, Sept. 27, 1769.
Sea Journal: May 8 - July 30, 1762. Of a voyage in the sloop Mas-
quenonge, of which he was master, to Crown Point, St. Johns, Ticon-
deroga and Montreal.
Munro, George, Capt., of Bristol, R. I., s. of Dr. Thomas and
Sarah (Pearse) Munro of Bristol, b. July 7, 1770; d. Dec. 2, 1831.
Sea Journal: (1) Apr. 25, 1795 -Jan. 29,1797. A voyage from
Charleston to the West Indies in schooner Polly, Thomas Barden,
master.
Sea Journal: (2) Dec. 12, 1825 -May 9,1831. A voyage in the
brig George from Boston for Havana, George Munro, captain, and
other trips.
MS. owned by Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Mustard, Charles, of Topsham, Me., m. int. Mar. 28, 1792,
Anna Hunter.
Sea Journal: (1) Apr. 12, 1791 - Feb. 20, 1793. Logs of several trips
on the schooner Polly of Brunswick, Samuel Jameson, commander,
from Kennebec to Tobago, Demerara, Isle of St. Johns, &c. Part of
the time he seems to be mate of the brig Cumberland while they are
taking in "watermillions" at the Isle of St. Johns.
Sea Journal: (2) Oct. 29, 1793 - June 19, 1794. On ship Commerce,
John Savage, master, from the coast of Ireland to New York.
Sea Journal : (3) Apr. 6, 1795 - Apr. 6, 1798. Logs on the Arethusa,
Chas. Mustard, master, to the South, the West Indies, Jamaica, back
to Bath on the Kennebec.
Sea Journal: (4) Dec. 21, 1799 -Feb. 16, 1802. Logs of various
voyages made by vessels of which Chas. Mustard was master, the brig
Jane from Bath, the schooner Nancy and the brig Ezra, all to the
South or West Indies.
Sea Journal : (5) July 26 - Nov. 4, 1796. A diary kept at sea.
Begins on a voyage in the Arethusa towards St. Croix and ends in Bos-
ton harbor.
MSS. owned by the Bostonian Society.
Newton, Hibbert, Collector, and Blinn, James, Capt., of Bos-
ton, Mass. Newton was son of Judge Thomas Newton. Blinn mar-
ries in Boston, Dec. 6, 1698, Margaret Denison.
Sea Journal: June 11 - June 16, 1723. Kept on the sloop Ipswich,
James Blinn, master, captured with others by Indians at Otter Har-
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bor while bound from Annapolis to Boston. Most of the diary is
written at Otter Harbor and is signed by both.
MS. transcript owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. in F. L. Gay papers.
Calendared in Brymner's "Report on Canadian Archives," for 1883.
Nye, Samuel, Dr., of Salisbury, Mass., surgeon on board the Ven-
geance, s. of Joseph and Mary (Bodfish) Nye of Sandwich, b. Mar. 29,
1749 ; m. Abigail Bachelder, Apr. 22, 1783 ; d. Aug. 31, 1834.
Sea Journal: (1) Aug. 16, 1778 -May 29, 1779. Kept on the priv-
ateer Vengeance, Capt. Win gate, commander. Captured many prizes.
Sea Journal: (2) June 18 - Aug. 9, 1780. On ship America, John
Somes, commander. Also captures prizes.
MSS. owned in 1845 by Joshua Coffin of Newburypcrt.
O'Brien, John, Capt., of Newbury, Mass. and Brunswick, Me.,
s. of Morris and Mary (Cain) O'Brien, b. in Kittery, Me., Sept. 1,
1761 ; m. Abigail Wilson of Kittery, Nov. 29, 1797; d. Sept. 11, 1841.
Sea Journal: (1) June 9, 1779. Journal kept on board a privateer,
the armed schooner Hibernia. She captured several ships which she
sent into port.
Sea Journal: (2)1791-1815. Interleaved almanacs.
MSS. (2) owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Unpublished.
Pease, Barzillai, of Hudson, N. Y., s. of Joseph and Sarah (Smith)
Pease, b. in Edgartown (?), July 27, 1773.
Sea Journal: June 12, 1795 - Nov. 12,1799. Of a whaling trip.
Illustrated with pen and ink sketches of whales, &c.
MS. owned by Mrs. Fannie A. Deane, Edgartown, Mass., who also
owns later journals kept by Pease. Unpublished.
Phipps, William, Sir, of Boston, Mass., s. of James Phipps, b.
Feb. 2, 1651, at Woolwich, Me. ; m. Mrs. Mary (Spencer) Hull of
Boston, 1674 ; d. Feb. 18, 1694/5.
Sea Journal: Aug. 9, 1690 -Nov. 19, 1691. Expedition to Quebec
with a fleet of thirty-two ships.
MS. the original manuscript is said to have been lost by Hovenden
Walker in his expedition of 1711. "A journal of the proceedings in
the late Expedition to Port Royal on board their Majesty's ship the
Six Friends, the Hon. Sir Wm. Phipps, commander. A True copy at-
tested by Joslin Natstock, clerk." Printed in Boston, 1690.
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Pickman, Dudley L., of Salem, Mass., s. of William and Elizabeth
(Leavitt) Pickman, bapt. May, 1779; m. Sept. 6, 1810, Catharine
Sanders ; d. Nov. 4, 1846.
Sea Journal: Sept. 26, 1799 - Sept. 11, 1800. Journal of a voyage
to Teneriffe and East Indies in ship Belisarius, Samuel Skerry, Jr.,
master.
MS. contemporaneous copy owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
Unpublished.
Preble, Edward, Capt., of Portland, Maine, s. of Gen. Jedidiah
and Mrs. (Roberts) Preble, b. at Falmouth Neck, Oct. 15, 1761 ; m.
Mary Deering, 1801 ; d. in service, Aug. 25, 1807.
Sea Journal: Oct. 31, 1799 - May 4, 1800. Daily events of life on
board the ship Essex, meeting other vessels, &c. Also wind, weather
and position of ship.
MS. published in Essex Hist. Coll., Vol. 10, edited by Capt. George
Henry Preble, U. S. N.
Pring, Martin, of Bristol, England.
Sea Journal: Apr. 10 -Oct. 2, 1603. Voyage from Milford Haven
in the Speedwell to the Maine coast, Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth
harbor.
MS. published in "Purchase His Pilgrimes," London, 1625. Also
in "Sailors' Narratives of New England Voyages," Boston, 1905.
Proctor, Thorndike, of Danvers, Mass., s. of Thorndike, Jr. and
Abigail (Wilson) Proctor, b. Nov. 26, 1725 ; m. (1) int. Nov. 19, 1749,
Lydia Shillaber of Salem, (2) Jan. 24, 1771, Mrs. Sarah Aborn of
Salem, (3) Apr. 4, 1788, Elizabeth Hathorne ; d. Sept. 9, 1790.
Sea Journal: (1) Aug. 28 - Oct. 29, 1783. Voyage to the Barbadoes
in snow Beaver, Putnam Cleaves, master.
Sea Journal : (2) Nov. 26, 1783 - Apr. 28, 1784, At Port Dauphin
and Antigua in the brig Ocean, Henry Williams, master.
Sea Journal: (3) Sept. 25, 1784 -Feb. 10, 1785. From Portsmouth
to St. Lucia and return in brig Tom, Wm. Ward, master.
Sea Journal: (4) Oct. 20, 1787-1788. To the West Indies and
return in brig Fanny, Thorndike Proctor, master.
Sea Journal : (5) 1788 - 1789. Logs of five voyages to Cape Verde
Islands in brig Fanny.
MSS. all owned by Essex Institute.
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403
Riggs, Joshua, of Gloucester, Mass., s. of Joshua and Experience
(Stanwood) Riggs, b. Aug. 20, 1741 ; m. Mary Griffin.
Sea Journal: (1) Feb. 16 - Mar. 9, 1762. From Cape Ann to Lisbon
in schooner John.
Sea Journal: (2) May 13 - July 18, 1763. From Cadiz to Cape Ann
in snow Industry, Abraham Somes, master.
Sea Journal: (3) Dec. 18, 1764 -Mar. 4, 1765. From Cape Ann to
Virginia and return in schooner Dolphin, John Millett, master.
Sea Journal: (4) Dec. 21, 1766 -Mar. 8, 1770. Four trips between
Cape Ann and Virginia in schooner Olive Branch, Joshua Riggs,
master.
Sea Journal: (5) Mar. 5, 1769 - Mar. 20, 1771. Three trips between
Cape Ann and Virginia in schooner Pompey, Riggs, master.
Sea Journal: (6) Nov. 31, 1771 -Mar. 16, 1772. Trips from Cape
Ann to Virginia and return in schooner Briton.
MSS. all owned by Essex Institute.
Ropes, John, of Salem, Mass., s. of John and Abigail (Hawks)
Ropes, bapt. July 24, 1763 ; m. (1) June 10, 1784, Abigail Ropes, (2)
Dec. 11, 1787, Hannah Harraden.
Sea Journal : Jan. 25 - July 3, 1796. Journal of voyage to Java in
bark Essex, John Ropes, master, from Salem.
MS. owned by Essex Institute. Unpublished.
Rosier, James, of Dartmouth, England, "a gentleman employed
in the voyage," b. in England.
Sea Journal: Mar. 5, 1605 - July 18, 1605. "A true Relation of the
most prosperous voyage made this present yeare 1605 by Capt.
George Waymouth in the Discovery of the land of Virginia." This
was on the coast of Maine, and Mass., Pemaquid. "It abounds in
glowing and truthful descriptions of our coast and the manners and
customs of the natives as they appeared to them, the first English
explorers." — Bath edition.
MS. published in 1605. Also at Bath, Me., 1860. Also in Mass.
Historical Society Collections, Vol. 8, p. 125-187.
Saunders, Daniel, Jr., of Salem, Mass., s. of Daniel Saunders,
bapt. Apr. 12, 1772; m. Oct. 11, 1794, Sarah Phippen Gill; d. Jan. 1,
1825, aged 81.
Sea Journal: May 4, 1791 - Aug. 17, 1794. This was written after
his return home, probably from a diary kept at the time, as he gives
the events from day to day. He was second mate on the Grand
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Sachem, Jonathan Carnes, master, and mariner on the Commerce, John
Leach, master. This boat stranded on the coast of Arabia. A de-
tailed account of his experiences and sufferings.
MS. published by Thomas C. Cushing, Salem, 1794. Also in
"Ships and Sailors of Old Salem," Paine.
Shaw, Samuel, Major, of Dedham, Mass., s. of Francis and Mary
(Burt) Shaw, b. Oct. 2, 1754; m. Aug. 21, 1792, Hannah Phillipps ;
d. Jan. 24, 1833.
Sea Journal: (1) Feb. 22, 1784 - May 10, 1785. Voyage to Canton,
China, where he was Counsel, in the Empress of China, John Green,
captain.
Sea Journal: (2) Feb. 4, 1786- Jan. 16, 1788. Of his second voy-
age to China and stay in Canton. He goes in the Hope, James Magee,
captain.
Sea Journal: (3) Jan. 17 - Sept. 15, 1788. A visit to Bengal in the
ship Argyle, Robert Martin Fowle, captain.
Sea Journal : (4) Jan. 20 - July 5, 1789. Of his return to Canton
and his voyage back to America, in the ship George Washington, of
R. I., Donnison, captain.
MSS. were owned in 1847 by Robert Gould Shaw of Boston.
Silsbee, Nathaniel, Jr., of Salem, Mass., s. of Nathaniel and
Sarah (Becket) Silsbee, b. Jan. 14, 1773 ; m. Dec. 12, 1802, Mary
Crowninshield ; d. July 14, 1850.
Sea Journal: Dec. 4, 1788 - Feb. 20, 1790. Of a voyage to Batavia
and China in brigantine Three Sisters, Benj. Webb, master, and return
to Salem in ship Astrea, James Magee, master.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
Simons, Nicholas, of Newport.
Sea Journal: Nov. 1723 - Jan. 30, 1724/5. A voyage from Newport
in a brigantine belonging to Capt. John Logan to Boston where he re-
embarked on the Grayhound for Jamaica. He goes on various ships
and finally finds himself a prisoner on a pirate ship, Capt. Shipton,
commander. He comes home on the John and Mary of Boston, Mat-
thew Perry, mate. The last part of his trip is made with Jonathan
Barlow.
MS. in Mass. Archives, Vol. 38A, p. 79.
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405
Small, John, of Scarborough, Me., s. of Samuel and Anna (Hatch)
Small, b. in Kittery, Jan. 30, 1722/3 ; m. (1) Apr. 1, 1748, Mrs. Sarah
(Sawyer) Atkins, (2) int. Oct. 12, 1752, Mary McKenney of Fal-
mouth ; d. Sept. 22, 1761.
Sea Journal: Aug. 31 - Sept. 22, 1761. Of a trip from Cape Eliza-
beth in a whale boat to Fort Halifax. Observations of the weather
and especially on the rivers, with sketches indicating carrying-
places, ripples, falls, &c.
MS. owned by Me. Hist. Soc, given by the Yale College Library.
Unpublished.
Smith, Henry, of Providence, R. I., s. of Job and Ruth (Harris)
Smith, b. Feb. 10, 1766 ; m. Oct. 19, 1799, Abby Allen.
Sea Journal: Mar. 8, 1788 - July 4, 1789. "Of a passage from the
Island Madera towards the Cape of Good Hope on the good ship
General Washington, Johnathan Donnison, master."
MS. among the ship papers of the firm of Brown & Ives. Ex-
tracts published in "East India Trade of Providence," Kimball. Pa-
pers from Hist. Sem., of Brown University, Vol. VI, 1896.
Starr, William, Lieut., of Middletown, Conn., of First Conn.
Regiment, s. of Daniel and Esther (Southmayd) Starr, b. near Mid-
dletown, Jan. 2, 1730 ; m. Oct. 8, 1747, Sarah Roberts of Middletown ;
lost at sea, sailed Aug. 4, 1763 and was never heard from.
Sea Journal : May 19 - Nov. 22, 1762. A daily record of his ex-
periences in an expedition against Havana in a British fighting ship.
Shows "a thourough knowledge of the affair in hand and a prompt
courage."
MS. owned in 1879 by Mr. Caleb Allen Starr of Durand, 111.
Published in Journal of American History, Vol. Ill, p. 113.
Stevens, George Honor Williams, of Beverly, Mass., b. Aug.
10, 1748 in Maryland, m. Charity ; d. July 14, 1806, aged 58,
in Beverly.
Sea Journal: (1) Mar. 29, 1769 -Mar. 19, 1770. "Journal of a
voyage by God's Providence in a good schooner called the King
George, Capt. George Stevens, commander, from Beverly or Cape
Ann."
Sea Journal: (2) Dec. 9, 1770 - June 4, 1771. "Journal of a voyage
by God's Providence in a good schooner called Lark, Capt. Josiah
Ober, Commander, and bound from Cape Ann in lattd. 42-46 and
Long'd 69-45 to Cape Henry in Latt 37-00 and Longt'd 75-24."
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Sea Journal: (3) June 13, 1771 - Apr. 29, 1772.
Sea Journal: (4) Dec. 20, 1773 -Nov. 1, 1774. "In ye schooner
Benjamin, Jonathan Larcom, commander, and bound from Cape Ann
to Antiguia Island."
MSS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Strachey, William, of England.
Sea Journal: Aug. 1 - Oct. 6, 1607. A journal of Popham's Colony
in Maine. Of a trip made by two ships with a number of planters ;
the Gift of God, commanded by George Popham and the Mary and
John, by Ralph Gilbert, in 1697.
MS. owned by Sloane Collection, British Museum. Extracts in
Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th sen, Vol. I.
Sumner, James, Jr., of Beverly and Boston. See under Orderly
Books.
Sea Journal: Aug. 23 - Oct. 20, 1792. Log of the ship Bombay on
a trip to Madras, Calcutta and Bengal. In the same volume are
logs of the ships Somerset and Ceres.
MS. owned by Lexington Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Thorndike, Nicholas, Capt., of Beverly, Mass., s. of Capt. Nich-
olas and Abigail (Trask) Thorndike, b. Jan. 15, 1764 ; m. June 2,
1789, Mehitable Ray; d. Mar. 31, 1821.
Sea Journal: 1787 - 1803, from Beverly to Martinique, Copenhagen
and Calcutta, on the schooner Eagle, the schooner Two Friends, and
the ships Sally and Mary.
MS. owned by Beverly Hist. Soc.
Thrash, Philip, Capt., or Capt. Philip Trask of Beverly, Mass.,
m. Dec. 18, 1785, Mrs. Mary Warten.
Sea Journal: (1) Oct. 4, 1778 - Jan. 19, 1779. A privateering cruise
in the schooner Success.
Sea Journal: (2) Jan. 20 - Feb. 11, 1779. The same log continued
in the sloop Peggy which had been captured by the Success on Jan. 1
and the writer of the journal says he "went on board and took com-
mand of her."
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
Townsend, Ebenezer, Jr., of New Haven, Conn., s. of Ebenezer
and Elizabeth (Larman) Townsend.
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
407
Sea Journal : Jan. 1, 1797 - July 11, 1799. Of a trip to the Pacific
Ocean and China, made in the ship Neptune. They killed seals
which were sold in China for $280,000 and came home with a cargo
of tea, silks, nankeens, and china ware. Kept in the form of letters.
MS. owned by Mr. E. Townsend Mix. Published in New Haven
Hist. Soc. Papers, Vol. IV.
Trevett, John, of Newport, R. I., b. at Newport, 1757 ; m. Eliza-
beth Gardiner ; d. at Newport, Nov. 5, 1833, aged 76.
Sea Journal: (1) Nov. 1775 - Dec. 6, 1776. Kept during the Revo-
lutionary war on board the sloop Carea, commanded by Abraham
Whipple.
Sea Journal: (2) June 11 - July 27, 1778. Long occasional entries
of a trip to Charlestown.
MSS. owned by Newport Hist. Soc. Published in R. I. Hist. Soc.
Mag., Vols. 6 and 7 and in R. I. Republican, Feb. 27- June 12, 1839.
Tucker, Samuel, Commodore, of Marblehead, Mass., s. of An-
drew and Mary (Belcher) Tucker, b. Nov. 1, 1748; m. Dec. 21, 1769,
Mary Gatchell ; d. in Bremen, Me., Mar. 10, 1833.
Sea Journal : (1) Feb. 12, 1778 - Oct. 2, 1778. "A journal of a
Cruze in the Good Ship Cauld the Boston apertaining to the United
States of America." A daily record of weather, the work of the
men, the happenings on ship board, occasional encounters with other
vessels. They captured the Martha, a prize ship.
Sea Journal : (2) 1779 - 1785. Logs of various cruises to the West
Indies, London and other places.
MSS. owned by Harvard College Library. Copy by Essex Institute.
Unpublished.
Tyler, John, Rev., of Norwich, Conn., s. of John and Mary Ty-
ler, b. at Wallingford, Conn., Aug. 15, 1742 ; m. Hannah Tracy, May
6, 1770; d. Jan. 21, 1823.
Sea Journal: May 4 - Nov. 1, 1768. "A journal of my Voige to
England from New York May 4, 1768." Short entries of the things
he saw and did.
MS. owned by Rev. W. A. Brewer, San Mateo, Cal. One hundred
copies published by C. A. Murdock & Co., San Francisco, Cal.
Vernon, Samuel, Jr., of Newport, R. I., s. of Samuel and Amey
(Ward) Vernon, b. Feb. 17, 1744/5 ; d. Dec. 1, 1809.
Sea Journal: (1) Feb. 17 -May 19, 1765. In the brigantine Apollo,
Peter Dordin, master, from Block Island to the Cameroons and back.
408
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
Sea Journal: (2) July 11 -Oct. 7, 1765. From Rhode Island to
Amsterdam.
$ea Journal: (3) Oct. 24, 1765 -Jan. 19, 1766. From the Isle of
Wight to Rhode Island.
Sea Journal: (4) Mar. 20- Apr. 11, 1766. From Georgia to Block
Island.
MSS. owned by Newport Historical Society. Unpublished.
Waite, John, Capt., of Falmouth (Portland), Me., s. of Lieut.
Jonadab and Hannah (Dole) Waite, b. in Newbury, Feb. 6, 1701/2;
m. Jan. 7, 1724/5, Sarah Kent; d. 1769.
Sea Journal: (1) Sept. 18, 1753 - Sept. 17, 1759. "His Jornal
Book." A large book bound in parchment. Most of the book is
filled v/ith logs of short voyages he made to Philadelphia, New York
and Louisbourgh.
Sea Journal : (2) Aug. 16 - Oct. 29, 1755. A voyage from Halifax to
Chignecto. He goes to Annapolis and Grand Manan and helps trans-
port the French Acadians. Lists of children who died on the voy-
age.
Sea Journal: (3) Oct. 30 - Nov. 12, 1755. From Annapolis Royal
to Georgia.
Sea Journal: (4) June 4- Sept. 17, 1759." Jurnal in the sloop Swallow
toward Quebeck in an expedition against the French, commanded by
Admiral Saunders and Gen'l Wolfe." This is not a log bock but a
diary of daily events and of their various encounters v/ith the enemy;
also the capture of Quebec on September 18.
MSS. owned by Me. Hist. Soc, given by Wm. Willis, Vol. J. Un-
published.
Weaver, Benjamin, Jr., of Freetown, Mass., s. of Benjamin and
Ruth (Sheffield) Weaver, b. between 1720 - 1730 ; m. Joanna Barnaby,
Nov. 4, 1753; d. Aug. 1756.
Sea Journal: (1) Dec. 11, 1752 -May 22, 1753. A journal of a
voyage intended by God's permission from Rhode Island to Charles-
town in South Carolina in the sloop Lydia. "Kept by me Benjamin
Weaver of freetown."
Sea Journal: (2) Dec. 1, 1753 -July 21, 1755. A sea voyage "in
Mary Ann of Newport myself master bound for Tenner Reef."
MSS. owned by Col. E. W. Peirce of Freetown in 1870. Extracts
in 'The Peirce Family," p. 330.
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
409
Webb, Edward.
Sea Journal: (1) Nov. 12, 1771 -Nov. 19, 1772. Voyage from Ports-
mouth, N. H. to Jamaica and the coast of Africa.
Sea Journal : (2) Oct. 28, 1773 - Sept. 28, 1774. Voyage from Ports-
mouth to Teneriffe, Sierra Leone, &c. on "His Majesty's Ship
Rainbow, Thos. Collingwood, Esq., commander."
MS. in Mass. State Archives.
Wheatland, Richard, of Salem, Mass., s. of Peter and Bridget
(Foxcroft) Wheatland, b. in England, Oct. 20, 1762 ; m. Oct. 29,
1796, Martha Goodhue ; d. Mar. 18, 1830.
Sea Journal: (1) Sept. 4 - Oct. 19, 1788. (2) Nov. 6, 1788- Oct. 16,
1789. Voyages to the West Indies in the Despatch, Putnam Cleaves,
master.
Sea Journal : (3) June 23 - Oct. 16, 1789. (4) Dec. 27, 1789 - Apr.
25, 1790. (5) Jan. 9 - Nov. 8, 1790. Three voyages to the West Indies
and return in the schooner Lydia, Samuel Tucker, master.
Sea Journal: (6) Jan. 27, 1793 -Aug. 27, 1794. Voyage to Russia
and return in the snow Vigilant, John Murphy, master.
Sea Journal: (7) Oct. 19, 1794- June 7, 1795. Voyage to Cadiz in
the brig Vigilant, himself master.
Sea Journal: (8) June 3- July 25, 1796. To Russia in ship Perse-
verance, himself master.
Sea Journal: (9) Dec .12, 1796 - June 10,1797. To Batavia and
Canton and return in ship Perseverance.
Sea Journal: (10) 1799-1800. From London to Calcutta in ship
Perseverance.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute.
Whipple, Jabez, Capt., of Providence, R. L, s. of John and Beth-
iah (Salisbury) Whipple, b. Aug. 15, 1734 ; m. (1) June 28, 1759,
Zilpha Whipple, (2) Jan. 22, 1771, Mary Morris ; d. at Martinique,
1803.
Sea Journal: July 24 - Sept. 5, 1776. Kept in the armed sloop In-
dependent of which he was captain ; of a privateering excursion from
Providence on which he captures a prize.
MS. owned by R. I. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
Willard, Augustus, of Cambridge, Mass., s. of Rev. Joseph and
Mary (Sheafe) Willard, b. in Beverly, Oct. 20, 1776 ; unmarried ; d.
in Kingston, Jamaica, July 7, 1799.
410
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
Sea Journal: Oct. 12, 1798 - Apr. 2, 1799. Kept on the ship Apollo,
Capt. Walker, bound from Norfolk, Va. to Falmouth or London.
Was captured off the Spanish coast and Willard was detained on
shore. Graphic descriptions of towns and inns of Spain and his ex-
periences there.
MS. owned by Harvard College Library, given by Miss Susanna
Willard. Privately printed in Cambridge, 1919.
Williams, Israel, of Salem, Mass., s. of Samuel and Sarah (Por-
ter) Williams, b. Feb. 2, 1772 ; m. May 22, 1796, Lydia Waite ; d.
Dec. 9, 1831.
Sea Journal: (1) Aug. 30, 1797- July 1, 1798. Several voyages to
Batavia and return in ship Friendship of which he was master.
Sea Journal : (2) June 15, 1799 - May 5, 1800. Voyages to Europe,
the West Indies and Cadiz.
MSS. both owned by Essex Institute. Unpublished.
Winslow, Edward, Rev., of Stratford, Conn., s. of Joshua and
Anna (Greene) Winslow, b. Nov. 8, 1722, in Boston ; m. Jane Isa-
bella ; d. Oct. 31, 1780, in N. Y. City.
Sea Journal : Dec. 16, 1754 - Sept. 30, 1755. Voyage on board the
ship Earl of Halifax from Boston to London. He was ordained by
the Bishop of London, missionary to Stratford, Conn.
MS. owned by N. Y. Public Library. Unpublished.
Woodbury, Levi, of Amherst, N. H., s. of Peter and Elizabeth
(Dodge) (Ray) Woodbury, b. Jan. 20, 1761 in Beverly, Mass. ; un-
married; d. Aug. 29, 1781.
Sea Journal : Jan. 4, 1781. Last date unknown. Of a voyage in
the ship Nonsuch of which he was mate.
MS. cited in "Woodbury Family," Woodbury, Washington, p. 102.
SEA JOURNALS KEPT BY UNKNOWN PERSONS
July 19 - Aug. 13, 1677.
Sea Journal : "Journal of a voyage or cruise of Capt. Manning
from Salem to Cape Sable against Indians who had taken fishing
ketches from Salem."
MS. in State Archives, Vol. LXIX.
Jan. 3 -Nov. 19, 1690/91.
Sea Journal: Kept in the form of a narrative until Aug. 9 after
that as a diary. This was the day the fleet sailed from Hull. Gives
names of ships in admiral's fleet with their commanders. Copy of
summons sent the city by Sir Wm. Phipps.
MS. owned by New York Public Library, which also has a type-
written copy.
July 6 -July 27, 1755.
Sea Journal: Log of an unknown vessel from West Indies to New-
port.
MS. extracts published in Newport Hist. Mag., Vol. II, p. 97.
Mar. 17 -Aug. 30, 1757.
Sea Journal: Journal of a voyage to Halifax on the intended ex-
pedition under the command of Lord Loudon. In the form of a
letter to a friend.
MS. owned by Library of Congress.
(1) July 27 -Sept. 17, 1761. (2) Sept. 2 -Sept. 1762.
Sea Journal: Journals of whaling voyages of the sloop Betsey to
Newfoundland banks, from Dartmouth.
MSS. extracts published in "History of New Bedford," by Ricket-
son.
1764 - 1766.
Sea Journal : Log book of the brig Lydia owned by John Hancock ;
plying between Boston, Mass, and London, James Scott, master. It
covers seven voyages across the. Atlantic.
MS. sold by Scott & O'Shaughnessy, auctioneers, New York City.
Mar. 30 -May 19, 1765.
Sea Journal: Of a voyage from Maderia to Salem in ship of which
John Derby was master.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
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412
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
July 3, 1766 -May 18, 1767.
Sea Journal: Log book of sloop Industria. A voyage to Jamaica
and back.
MS. owned by Newport Historical Society.
Nov. 28 -Dec. 16, 1773 (dates of extracts).
Sea Journal: Log book of ship Dartmouth from London to Boston.
Contains a description of the Boston Tea Party.
MS. extracts published in "Memoir of G. R. T. Hewes," by B. B.
Thacher, 1835.
May 27 - June 3, 1775.
Sea Journal: Log book of British ship Preston, off Noddle's Island.
MS. owned by Admiralty Office, London. Published in "History
of Chelsea," Chamberlain, Vol. II, p. 451. Also in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Pro., Vol. V. p. 53.
July 22 - Sept. 27, 1775.
Sea Journal : "from Boston Town to the Island New Providence in
the good schooner Industry"
MS. in Mass. State Archives.
July 30 - Oct. 20, 1777.
Sea Journal : "Of a cruise in 1777 in the privateer brig Oliver
Cromwell, Capt. Wm. Coles." On this voyage they took seven prizes.
Graphic account of a battle. Life on ship board, illnesses, weather,
&c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
Nov. 13, 1777 -May 7, 1778.
Sea Journal: A privateering cruise to Martinique and return in the
brig Tyrannicide, Jonathan Harraden, commander.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
Mar. 19 -June 18, 1778.
Sea Journal : A privateering voyage in schooner Scorpion, John
Brooks, captain.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
Aug. 24, 1778 - Mar. 2, 1779. Log book of the Ranger.
Sea Journal : Of the Ranger commanded by Capt. Paul Jones. It
contains 248 large and well filled pages.
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
413
MS. owned in 1882 by E. P. Jewell. Published in Granite Monthly,
Vol. 5, p. 64 and later.
Sept. 8 -Dec. 7, 1778.
Sea Journal: "A journal of a Cruise on Board the Brigantine of
of War Tyrannicide in the Service of the State of Masschusetts Bay,
John Hallett, Commander." This is a log book with many observa-
tions. They come back to Salem and Marblehead.
MS. owned by Boston Public Library.
Nov. 17, 1778 -Mar. 31, 1779.
Sea Journal: A privateering cruise from Salem to the island of
Martinique and return in the brig General Pickering, Jonathan Harra-
den, commander.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
1778.
Sea Journal: Log book of the Languedoc, flagship of Admiral
d'Estaing. It describes events in Boston.
MS. owned by French Government, among records of the Marines
in the Archives. Cited in "The Chevalier de St. Sauveur," by Col.
Chas. Chaille -Long.
July 19 -Aug. 13, 1779.
Sea Journal: Kept on board a Continental ship which sailed from
Nantasket. Gives an account of the military operations in Maine.
Long entries with a good deal of detail. Found on board the ship
Hunter.
MS. published in Historical Magazine, in 1864.
July 24 - Aug. 12, 1779.
Sea Journal: "Journal of the attack of the Rebels on His Majesty's
Ships and Troops under command of Brig. Gen. McLean and Capt.
Henry Mowatt at Majebigurduce in Penobscot Bay."
MS. published in Halifax, N. S. Gazette, Sept. 14, 1779. Also in
Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. VII, p. 121.
May 7 -July 10, 1780.
Sea Journal: Log of ship Protector. Voyage from Nantasket to
Machias and Halifax.
MS. copy owned by N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Published in "Lane
Family," Vol. 2, p. 238. Also in Me. Hist. Coll., Doc. Hist., 2 ser.,
Vol. 18, o. 349.
414
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
Aug. 1, 1781, -June 27, 1784.
Sea Journal: A voyage to Havana in the brigantine Romulus, Jos.
Waters, master, also a journal kept for several years at Havana and
the return to Newport.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
Feb. 10 - Mar. 4, 1782.
Sea Journal: Of a voyage toward Havana in ship Elizabeth. Was
captured.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
Dec. 4, 1782 -Apr. 11, 1783.
Sea Journal : Log book of the Winthrop, George Little, commander.
Goes to Barbadoes, &c.
MS. in Mass. State Archives.
Aug. 28, 1783 -Dec. 22, 1785.
Sea Journal: Trips to Barbadoes, Hispaniola, &c.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
June 11, 1787 -Dec. 11, 1789.
Log books of the brigantine Dolphin, Noah Scovell, master.
Sea Journal: (1) June 11 -Sept. 29, 1787. Voyage to Port au
Prince and return.
Sea Journal: (2) Oct. 9, 1787 -Feb. 22, 1788. To Cape Francois
and Turk's Island and return.
Sea Journal: (3) Mar. 4 -June 30, 1788. To Port au Prince and
return.
Sea Journal: (4) Aug. 2, 1788 - Dec. 11, 1789. Logs of four voy-
ages to Cape Francois, Turk's Island, and Hispaniola.
MSS. owned by Rev. B. F. Case, Tolland, Conn. Unpublished.
(1) Nov. 12, 1788 -Mar. 4, 1789, (2) Apr. 5 -June 29, 1789.
Sea Journal: (1) Of a voyage to West Indies in the schooner Polly,
Thomas Bowditch, commander.
Sea Journal : (2) Of a voyage to West Indies in the schooner Polly,
Daniel Needham, commander. The name B. Bowditch, Salem, is on
the cover.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
415
(1) Nov. 21, 1788 -Oct. 27, 1789, (2) Oct. 28, 1789 - Mar 6,
1790, (3) Mar. 31, 1790 -May 2, 1791.
Sea Journal: Two voyages to West Indies in brig Fanny, Thorn-
dike Proctor, master and also parts of two logs to the West Indies.
These are bound in the book with the log of Thorndike Proctor.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
Dec. 1, 1786 - May 23, 1790, (2) Oct. 28 - Dec. 6, 1790.
Sea Journal: (1) Voyage from Calcutta in ship Harmony, John
Willet, commander.
Sea Journal: (2) Of a voyage to England on ship Lighthorse,
Francis Roche, commander. Possibly both kept by Benj. Wilson
whose name appears on the book.
MSS. owned by Essex Institute.
Nov. 11, 1791 -Mar. 25, 1798.
Sea Journal: (1) Nov. 11, 1791 -Oct. 15, 1793. Log of the ship
Ann, Thaddeus Coffin, master. From Dunkirk towards the South
Seas. Ship afterwards captured by the French while on a voyage
from Honduras to London.
Sea Journal: (2) Jan. 26 -Apr. 19, 1793. Voyage to the South
Seas or elsewhere in the ship Ann, Jonathan Barney, master.
Sea Journal: (3) Oct. 2, 1793 -July 7, 1794. From New Bedford
to the South Seas in the ship Canton.
Sea Journal: (4) July 31, 1795 -Apr. 16, 1796. From New Bed-
ford towards the coast of Brazil in the ship Albion.
Sea Journal : (5) Aug. 14 - Oct. 9, 1796. From Wolweck Bay
towards Albaraca.
Sea Journal: (6) July 5, 1797 -Mar. 25, 1798. A voyage to the
South Seas in the ship Bedford, Jonathan Barney, captain. All these
logs are in the same hand-writing.
MSS. owned by the Nantucket Historical Society.
Jan. 1 - May 22, 1792.
Sea Journal: Extracts from log of ship Margaret on a voyage to
the northwest coast of America, James Magee, captain. Contains
list of vessels upon northwest coast in 1792.
MS. typewritten copy owned by Essex Institue, Salem.
416
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS
Jan. 8, 1792 -June 16, 1793.
Sea Journal : Voyage from Newport to Martinique, in the Sally,
George Sherman, master.
MS. owned by Newport Historical Society.
Jan. 24 - May 28, 1793.
Sea Journal : Of a voyage to the West Indies, in schooner Betsey,
Hardy Ropes, master.
MS. owned by Essex Institute, Salem.
Jan. 6, 1794 -Apr. 11, 1795.
Sea Journal : A journal of a voyage from Providence for Madeira,
Bombay and Canton in the ship George Washington, owned by Messrs.
Brown and Francis of Providence and commanded by Jonathan
Donnison; kept by Seabury ; the last name is torn away.
MS. owned by Mr. George L. Shepley of Providence. Unpublished.
Nov. 22, 1795 - July 30, 1796.
Sea Journal : They stop at Jamestown, St. Dennis and St. Pauls.
Name of vessel or captain not given.
MS. owned by Newport Historical Society.
June 23 -Oct. 31, 1796.
Sea Journal: Voyage to Bilboa and Lisbon in schooner Philanthro-
pist, Hooper, master.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
Oct. 6, 1797 -Jan. 19, 1799.
Log books of Brig Ann.
Sea Journal: (1) Oct. 6, 1797- July 17, 1798. Voyage from New
York to Savannah and to the West Indies and return, John Burnham,
master. Was twice captured by French privateers.
Sea Journal: (2) Oct. 21, 1798 -Jan. 19, 1799. Voyage to Antigua
and back, London Bailey, master. Was carrying live stock.
MSS. owned by Rev. B. F. Case, Tolland, Conn. Unpublished.
Jan. 3, 1798 - June 3, 1798.
Sea Journal: Log of schooner Gallant, Noah Scovell, master. To
Antigua and St. Bartholomews and return.
MS. owned by Rev. B. F. Case, Tolland, Conn. Unpublished.
NEW ENGLAND SEA JOURNALS 417
Feb. 1-May 29, 1798.
Sea Journal : Voyage from Beverly to Isle of May in brigantine
Minerva, Wm. Mugford, master.
MS. owned by Essex Institute.
July 9, 1798 -June 22, 1799.
Sea Journal : Log of the Ann and Hope of Providence, on a voyage
to Canton and Australia.
MS. cited in "East India Trade of Providence," Kimball.
Dec. 13, 1798 -Oct. 20, 1800.
Sea Journal : A log of the U. S. Frigate Constitution, during its
first voyage. It belonged to Commodore Isaac Hull who at this
time was lieutenant on board. It is not in his handwriting but is
beautifully written without a correction.
MS. owned by Mr. Charles Allen Munn, New York City. Un-
published.
Jan. 2 -May 24, 1799.
Sea Journal: Of a voyage to Bengal in ship Hannah, Wyman,
master.
MS. owned by Essex Institute of Salem.
(1) Apr. 13 -Aug. 22, 1799, (2) Sept. 24 -Nov. 16, 1799, (3)
Dec. 31, 1799 -Apr. 9, 1800, (4) May 21 -July 24, 1800.
Sea Journal : Various logs of the brig Rover, from Beverly, John
Thissell, master. Voyages to Germany, Russia, Bilboa and the
South.
MSS. owned by Beverly Hist. Soc, given by the Misses Kilham.
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
Bancroft, Samuel, Dea., of Reading, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Sarah (Lamson) Bancroft, b. July 21, 1715 ; m. Oct. 30, 1735, Lydia
Parker ; d. Nov. 25, 1782.
Diary : (1) Aug. 15 - Aug. 23, 1757. Of an expedition of soldiers
to Brookfield where they were ordered to return.
Diary : (2) Sept. 8 - Oct. 1, 1766 and Apr. 1 - June 5, 1769. Doings
of himself and his family, farming and building notes, working on
the meeting house, &c.
MSS. owned by Mr. Frank D. Andrews, Vineland, N. J. Pub-
lished at Vineland in 1922.
Birket, James, of Antigua. Nothing is known of him.
Diary ; July 26, 1750- Apr. 3, 1751. His trip from St. John's Har-
bor in Antigua, in the ship Knowles, for Portsmouth, N. H. and his
journeys in New England. He gives long descriptions of the towns
he visits, the style of the houses, the people he meets, and the trade
carried on. He also goes to New York and Penn. Probably a
Quaker.
MS. owned by J. Henley Smith. Published in "Some Cursory
Remarks made by James Birket," &c. Yale University Press, 1916,
Clap, Caleb, Ensign, of Sudbury and Greenfield, Mass. See
under Orderly Books.
Diary : Mar. 29 - Oct. 21, 1776. ^ Commences at Cambridge. He
was ensign in Capt. Thos. Mighill's Co., Col. Loammi Baldwin's Reg-
iment. "It possesses considerable value as an historical authority."
MS. owned in 1874 by Capt. Thomas W. Ripley of Greenfield.
Published in Hist. Magazine, 1874 and 1875.
Dorr, William, of Roxbury, Mass., s. of Ebenezer and Amy
(Plimpton) Dorr, b. July 13, 1757.
Diary : Sept. 17 - Dec. 14, 1775. Of Arnold's expedition to Que-
bec. He was in Capt. Ward's Co.
MS. owned by Mass. Hist. Soc. Unpublished.
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SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF DIARIES
419
Fay, Nahum, of Northborough, Mass., s. of Paul and Rebecca
(Rice) Fay, b. July 27, 1757 ; m. Aug. 6, 1779, Lucy Warren ; d. Nov.
16, 1841.
Diary: Apr. 24, 1767-1841. A Sunday diary with dates and
names of preachers in the Northborough church, with a few entries
relating to other events in the church.
MS. owned by Mrs. Evangeline (Winn) Burke of Northborough.
Unpublished.
Fisher, John, of Killingly, Conn., b. 1756, a pensioner in Wind-
ham Co. in 1840, aged 84 years.
Diary: (1) July 14 - Oct. 9, 1776. He was a private in the Conn,
militia, in Capt. Stephen Crosbys Co., Col. Comfort Sage's Reg.
Kept in New York and covers the battle of Long Island.
Diary: (2) June 16 - July 24, 1777. Kept in Conn, when he was
in Capt. John Keyes' Co., Col. John Ely's Reg.
MSS. published in Mag. of History, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 184-186.
INDEX.
Abington, Mass., 47, 82, 208, 361.
Acadia, N. S., 135, 265, 281, 292, 371,
408.
Acton, Mass., 289.
Adams Library, 351.
Admiralty Office, 412.
Albany, N. Y., 17, 21, 35, 46, 47, 108,
120, 144, 163.
Albany State Library, 175.
Aldrich, Mrs. E. L. M., 208.
Algiers, 108.
Allan, Hon. W. R., 5, 339.
Allen, Col. Ira, 336.
Almon, Col. Wm. Bruce, 48.
Almy, Capt. Jacob, 380.
Alverson, Capt. G. H., 380.
American Antiquarian Society, 6, 7,
13, 16, 17, 25, 26, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45,
46, 54, 61, 67, 72, 87, 96, 101, 102,
109, 118, 122, 123, 128, 135, 140,
148, 161, 169, 172, 180, 182, 187,
190, 196, 205, 212, 213, 217, 219,
220, 221, 231, 236, 241, 247, 251,
269, 271, 281, 289, 297, 313, 316,
318, 320, 329, 331, 333, 337, 341,
345, 346, 351, 352, 355, 358, 364,
366, 369, 374, 378, 379, 385, 388,
390, 392, 399.
American Philosophical Society, 112.
Amesbury, Mass., 172, 218, 340.
Amherst, Mass., 230.
Amherst, N. H., 20, 410.
Andover, Mass., 35, 52, 78, 98, 108,
113, 115, 164, 187, 215, 228, 272,
273, 349.
Andover, N. H., 15.
Andre, Major, 24, 28, 225, 349, 351.
Andrews, F. D., 418.
Angell, Malcolm H., 10.
Antrim, N. H.. 60.
Appleton, D. F., 115.
Arlington Historical Society, 64.
Arnold, Benedict, 10, 69, 351, 367, 371.
Arnold's Expedition, 79, 104, 139, 147
(2), 161, 188, 199(2), 206, 215,
229, 235, 258, 270, 272, 274, 281,
284 (2), 299, 315, 334, 418.
Arrowsic Island, Me., 23, 306.
Arundel, Me., 40.
Ashburnham, Mass., 271.
Ashby, Mass., 373.
Ashford, Conn., 219.
Atkinson, N. H., 223.
Attleborough, Mass., 76.
Auburn, J. H., 346.
Auckland, Lady Harriet, 334.
Augusta, Me., 18, 91, 259.
Avery, Miss J. M., 340.
Ayer, E. E., 235.
Babbitt, Rollin H., 39.
Backus Historical Society, 14.
Bagaduce Expedition, 205.
Bailey, Capt. London, 416.
Baldwin, George W., 16.
Baldwin, Thomas A., 17.
Baldwin, Hon. Simeon, 16, 17.
Ball, A. L., 3.
Ballard, G. R., 18.
Bancroft, Henry B., 28.
Bangor, Me., 211.
Bangor Historical Society, 153.
Barbadoes, 120.
Barbour, George H., 162.
Barden, Capt. Thomas, 400.
Barley, Elizabeth* 106.
Barnard, Hon. Henry, 30.
Barnett, Mrs. Robert, 145, 311.
Barney, Capt. Jonathan, 415.
Barnstable, Mass., 46, 60, 217, 228,
279, 392.
Barre, Mass., 218.
Barrington, R. I., 145, 376.
Barton, Mrs. W. C, 60.
Batcheller, C. M., 200.
Bates, Albert C, 132, 221.
Bates, Mrs. L. P., 302.
Bath, Me., 258.
Baxter, James Phinney, 150, 207.
Bean Hill, Conn., 13.
Bedford, Mass., 158, 197, 271.
Bedford, N. H., 222.
Belcher, Governor, 329.*'
Belchertown, Mass., 89, 108.
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Bellingham, Mass., 46, 201, 314, 315.
Belpre, O., 109.
Bennett, Mrs. C. F., 316.
Bennington, Vt., 7, 98, 131, 222, 343.
Bently, Capt. Christopher, 380.
Berkeley, Mass., 39, 70.
Berkshire Atheneum, 356.
Bernardston, Mass., 211.
Berwick, Me., 119, 125, 200, 207, 350.
Bethlehem, Conn., 289.
Beverly, Mass., 41, 59, 134, 135, 168,
345, 348, 365, 397, 405, 406.
Beverly Historical Society, 398, 406,
417.
Bicknell, Thomas W., 251.
" Biddeford, Me., 97.
Billerica, Mass., 271, 313, 341.
Bixby, William K., 136.
Blake, Francis E., 116.
Blake, Mrs. Harriet M., 28.
Blake, Sherman T., 28.
Blanchard, Capt. S., 397.
Bloomfield, Conn., 28.
Bluehill, Me., 78, 227.
Boardman, Capt. Jonathan, 394.
Bolton, Mass., 271, 370.
Bolton, Mrs. C. K., 219.
Boltwood, Miss F. H., 230, 235.
Bond, Mrs. L. W., 320.
Boothbay, Me., 207.
Boscawen, N. H., 67, 104, 118, 174, 184.
Boston, place where diary was kept,
1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 30, 34, 44, 48,
49, 55, 60, 65, 71, 74, 84, 92, 93, 104,
111, 121, 124, 128, 130, 133, 135,
160, 191, 196, 197, 198, 203, 211,
220, 228, 236, 238, 240, 247, 250,
252, 259, 260, 270, 276, 278, 280,
283, 288, 289, 295, 297, 305, 308,
321, 322, 323, 337, 345, 346, 347,
369, 365.
Boston, home of diarist, 11, 21, 48,
78, 80, 83, 91, 120, 138, 149, 163,
175, 176, 181, 195, 198, 210, 216,
218, 222, 225, 226, 236, 239, 244,
253, 256, 263, 265, 268, 271, 283,
285, 382, 384, 387, 389, 395, 396,
397, 399, 400, 401, 406.
Boston in the Revolution, 3, 19, 20, 24,
28, 30, 41, 42, 53, 57, 69, 79, 91, 97,
103, 115, 118, 128, 129, 134, 136,
138, 139, 141, 147, 158, 162, 163,
164, 172, 173, 176, 179, 188, 189,
191, 194, 200, 201, 205, 208, 209,
Boston in the Revolution (continued),
212, 225, 230, 232, 237, 238, 258,
261, 273, 276, 277, 285, 288, 289,
296, 300, 303, 304, 312, 327, 335,
342, 344, 345, 346, 348, 350, 351,
352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 362, 367,
368, 371, 374, 375, 412, 413.
Boston, Visits to, 26, 32, 51, 70, 76, 85,
96, 110, 121, 123, 125, 132, 160,
171, 181, 183, 194, 298, 306, 308,
311, 331, 332, 398.
Boston Atheneum, 11, 124, 239, 289,
290, 297, 346, 364, 387, 413.
Boston Public Library, 74, 80, 108, 121,
161, 188, 200, 209, 259, 260, 316,
331, 349, 357, 375, 389.
Bostonian Society, 400.
Bowditch, Capt. Eben, 382.
Bowditch, Capt. Thomas, 381, 414.
Bowdoin College, 73.
Bowentown, Conn., 289.
Boxborough, Mass., 315.
Boxford, Mass., 73, 234, 279, 325, 348.
Boyden, N. L., 50.
Bradbury, Eben, 157.
Bradbury, Thomas W., 35.
Braddock's Defeat, 234.
Bradford, Mass., 6, 15, 137, 279.
Bradley, Miss Harriet Lewis, 36.
Brainerd, Rev. Thomas, 37.
Braintree, Mass., 1, 2, 3, 6, 104, 105,
194, 202, 211, 243.
Brandywine, Battle of, 159, 162.
Branford, Conn., 107, 248.
Brauch, Mrs. J. L., 146.
Brewer, Rev. W. A., 407.
Brewster, Mrs. William, 293.
Bridgewater, Mass., 4, 74, 105, 203,
234, 301, 339.
Bridgton, Me., 325.
Briggs, Dr. C. E., 109.
Brimfield, Mass., 362.
Bristol, Mass., 297.
Bristol, R. I., 314, 354, 358, 364, 372,
376, 400.
British Museum, 18, 50, 82, 100, 125,
133, 163, 181, 214, 335, 349, 391,
406.
Brookfield, Mass., 102, 107, 109, 110,
220 242 299.
Brookline, Mass.', 116, 122, 145, 229,
260 261 311.
Brookline Public Library, 122, 261.
Brooklyn, Conn., 241, 361.
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Brown, C. W., 222.
Brown, Moses, 392.
Brown, William H., 41.
Brown University, 193.
Brunswick, Me., 89, 227, 282, 401.
Bryant, H. W., 227.
Bryant, J. H., 43.
Bucksfield, Me., 43.
Buffalo Historical Society, 211.
Bunker Hill, 13, 28, 41, 53, 57, 91, 97,
138, 162, 164, 194, 197, 206, 212,
276, 300, 304, 334, 346, 352, 365,
368, 369, 371, 375.
Burgoyne. (see also Saratoga and
Stillwater), 9, 11, 16, 22 (2), 31,
51, 70, 71, 82, 101, 104, 133, 136,
138, 151, 173, 176, 183, 189, 200,
206, 222, 246, 247 (2), 265, 270,
315, 334, 343, 351, 352.
Burke, Mrs. E. W., 419,
Burlingame, Mrs. C. W., 127.
Burlington, Mass., 56.
Burlington, Vt., 5.
Burnham's Antique Book Shop, 38.
Burnham, Capt. J., 416.
Burr, Miss Erminna, 47.
Burt, Mrs. Henry M., 162.
Burton, C. M., 372.
Buxton, Me., 61, 177.
Byfield, Mass., 185, 221.
Cabot, Miss Mary R., 48.
Calef, Hon. Arthur B., 108.
Cambridge (see also Harvard Col-
lege), home of diarist, 37, 38, 55,
64, 77, 88, 105, 114, 116(2), 131,
134, 154, 155, 164, 182, 183, 213,
223, 230, 261, 265, 272, 317, 323,
329, 369, 409.
Cambridge in the Revolution, 9, 17,
57, 69, 97, 118, 136, 147, 158, 188,
191, 199, 200, 206, 208, 212, 232,
247, 273, 276, 277, 280, 289, 303,
317, 327, 342, 344, 345, 347, 349,
350, 351, 352, 354, 355, 356, 357,
358(2), 360, 361, 368(2), 369,
373, 374 (3), 375 (2), 418.
Cambridge, Visitors to, 15, 82, 171,313.
Cambridge Historical Society, 164.
Camden, N. H., 103.
Camden, Battle of, 351.
Canaan, Conn., 272.
Canada (see also French and Indian
wars, Revolution, Journeys and
Prisoners), 6, 86, 100, 181, 304.
Canada, Archives of, 227.
Canterbury, Conn., 31, 50, 61, 167,
354.
Canton, Conn., 135.
Canton, Mass., 87.
Cape Breton (see also Nova Scotia),
27, 60, 171.
Cape Cod, 328.
Carlisle, Mass., 183.
Carnes, Capt. Jonathan, 404.
Carpenter, Capt. Benjamin, 387.
Case, Rev. B. F., 37, 414, 416.
Castine, Me., 49, 178, 184.
Castle Island, 286.
Castleton, Vt., 28.
Caughnawaga, 113, 286.
Centreville, R. I., 350.
Chaffin, William L., 244.
Chambly, Canada, 28, 273.
Champlain, 47.
Chapman, George Temple, 54.
Charlestown, Mass., 1, 49, 50, 80, 115,
136, 158, 230, 273, 320, 337, 353,
368, 369, 381.
Charlestown, N. H., 71, 148, 272, 273,
295, 362.
Charlestown, S. C, 24.
Charlton, Mass., 130, 232.
Chase, George W., 158.
Chase, John C, 54.
Chatham, Conn., 63, 210, 274.
Chatham, Mass., 186.
Chatham, N. Y., 127.
Chebacco, Mass., 69, 234.
Chelmsford, Mass., 38, 102, 289.
Chelsea, Mass., 32, 166, 319.
Cherry Valley, 142, 191, 300.
Cheshire, Mass., 19.
Chester, N. H., 54, 203.
Chesterfield, Mass., 183.
Chesterville, Me., 259.
Chicago Historical Society, 122, 185,
196, 232.
Chicopee, Mass., 53.
Chilmark, Mass., 156.
Chipman, J. P., 55.
Chipman, Mrs. Ward, 56.
Chittenden, Abraham, 46.
Chute, W. C, 262, 263.
Cilley, Mrs. B. L., 344.
Cincinnati, Society of the, 372.
Clarke, G. K., 114.
Clarke, Henry, 58.
Clason, O. B., 31.
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Cleaves, Capt. Putnam, 402, 409.
Cochrane, G. A., 60.
Coffin, E. F., 285.
Coffin, Capt. Elijah, 386.
Coffin, Capt. Thaddeus, 415.
Cohasset, Mass., 22, 41, 151, 316.
Coit, Miss M. E. S., 347.
Colburn, F. E., 63.
Colby College, 51, 286.
Colchester, Conn, 52, 57, 107, 210.
Colton, Thomas E. S., 68.
Columbia University, 167.
Combes, Mrs. G. E., 238.
Conant, Mrs. Hezekiah, 91.
Concord, Mass., 30, 41, 95, 97, 104,
180, 199, 307(2), 365.
Concord Public Library, 365.
Concord, N. H., 184, 282, 296, 356.
Congregational Library, 82, 142, 189,
196.
Congress, Library of, 9, 12, 24, 43, 44,
57, 58, 59, 72, 73, 103, 115, 116,
125, 126, 138, 154, 166, 225, 241,
256, 259, 265, 270, 273, 299, 318,
329, 331, 339, 342, 343, 345, 347,
351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 357, 358,
360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 367, 368,
373, 376, 377, 378, 387, 393, 397,
411.
Connecticut, 9, 75, 188, 190.
Connecticut Historical Society, 13,
31, 37, 63, 107, 134, 167, 168, 170,
171, 186, 189, 206, 241, 248, 287,
294, 319, 325, 369.
Connecticut State Library, 53, 90,
301, 308, 366, 370, 376.
Conway, Mass., 95.
Cook, Mrs. C. J., 313.
Corey, Charles V., 66.
Corey, Dr. F. E., 66.
Cornish, N. H., 25, 268.
Cornwall, Conn., 5, 81.
Cornwall Library Association, 82.
Cornwall, Vt., 264.
Cornwallis, Lord, 26.
Coventry, Conn., 85, 134.
Crane, J. E., 237.
Cranston, R. I., 258, 356.
Croswecknung, N. J., 36.
Crowingshield, Capt. Henry, 383.
Crown Point, in French and Indian
Wars, 12, 16, 44, 52, 89, 115, 123,
127, 137, 141, 143, 148, 162, 176,
190, 199, 201, 233, 251, 273, 283,
Crown Point in French and Indian
Wars (continued), 296, 297, 300,
333, 343, 347, 353, 363, 364, 370,
372, 373, 400.
Crown Point in Revolution, 28, 46,
81, 94, 207, 310, 314, 340, 341.
Cumberland Mills, Me., 356.
Cummington, Mass., 42.
Cunningham, H. W., 55.
Curtis, Charles S., 72.
Cushing, Mrs. J. E., 73.
Cutler, W. R., 64.
Cutting, Mrs. C. A., 249.
Dana, Miss E. E., 264.
Dana, R. H., 77.
Danbury, Conn., 16, 169, 248, 345, 366.
Danvers, Mass., 116, 128, 129, 154, 207,
233, 238, 240, 241, 244, 293, 354,
359, 361, 364, 402.
Danvers Historical Society, 154, 207.
Dart, Rev. Joseph, 37.
Dartmouth College, 37, 113, 191.
Dartmouth College Library, 167, 191,
213, 258, 308.
Dartmouth, Mass., 151, 395.
Davis, Capt. Abraham, 381.
Davis, Capt. Benjamin, 381.
Dawes, Charles G., 75, 242.
Deane, Mrs. F. A., 401.
Dedham, Mass. 4, 8, 9, 14, 33, 62, 75,
81, 132, 133, 140, 168, 176, 193, 230,
312,320,364,404.
Dedham Historical Society, 81, 105,
246, 285, 312.
Deerfield, Mass., 11, 37, 59, 67, 141,
159, 256, 273, 275, 327, 329, 352.
Deerfield Memorial Hall, 201.
Deer Island, Me., 139.
Deland, Mrs. G. D., 194.
Delaware Crossing, 13, 346.
Dennis, Joseph, 80.
Dennis, Mass., 159.
Denny, Mrs. P. T., 148.
Derby, Capt., 117.
Derby, Capt. E. H., 383.
Derby, Capt. John, 411.
D'Estaing, Count, 8.
Detroit, Siege of, 251.
Dickenson, Grace I., 82, 238.
Dickenson, Miss Mary A. B., 82.
Dighton, Mass., 93, 309.
Doctor's Diaries, 8, 11, 66, 75, 104 (2),
124, 140, 162, 180, 217, 218, 237,
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Doctor's Diaries (continued) , 240, 249,
263, 284, 314, 332.
Dodge, Capt. Thomas, 381.
Dole, N. H., 139.
Donnison, Capt. Jonathan, 404, 405,
416.
Dorchester, Mass., 56, 83, 105, 164,
230, 286, 324, 334, 346, 351, 354,
399.
Dorchester Antiquarian and Histori-
cal Society, 399.
Dordin, Capt. Peter, 407.
Dover, N. H., 25, 106, 110, 150, 171,
231, 294, 295, 393.
Dow, Maria H., 85.
Dracut, Mass., 149, 291, 367.
Drowne, H. R., 86, 372, 387, 388.
Dublin, N. H., 254.
Dudley, Mass., 360.
Duff, Capt., 399.
Dummerston, Vt, 171.
Dunstable, Mass., 61, 97, 187, 219.
Durham, Conn., 320, 363.
Durham, N. H., 1, 121, 292, 365.
Dutton, Myron F., 171.
Duxbury, Mass., 306.
Dwight, H. W., 89.
Dwight, Nathaniel, 90.
Earl, Miss J. H., 348.
Earle, Thorndyke P., 241.
East Bridgewater, Mass., 10.
East Chelmsford, Mass., 348.
East Greenwich, Conn., 369, 377.
East Greenwich, R. I., 159, 333.
East Guilford, Conn., 396.
East Haddam, Conn., 253, 364, 385.
Eastham, Mass., 19, 112, 216, 268.
East Medway, Mass., 94.
East Middletown, Conn., 171.
Easton, Mass., 98, 237, 244, 257.
East Sudbury, Mass., 61.
East Windsor, Conn., 92, 156, 248, 294.
East Woodstock, Conn., 198.
Eaton, Dr. A. W. H„ 48.
Eaton, Mrs. Bradley, 56.
Eddington, Me., 347.
Edes, H. H., 91, 179.
Edes, Dr. R. H., 198.
Edgartown, Mass., 175, 280, 401.
Edmands, Benjamin, 1.
Eliot, Me., 114, 160, 250, 349.
Ellery, Miss H. C, 310.
Elwyn, Rev. A. L.,310.
Ely, E. A., 363.
Emerson, Mrs. E. R., 395.
Emerson, Dr. E. W., 30, 96.
Enfield, Conn., 221.
Englishmen, Diaries kept by, 9, 20, 26,
34, 46, 51, 65, 82, 89, 91, 138, 150,
158, 159, 162, 164, 204, 228, 244,
252, 276, 298, 304, 311, 334, 335,
349, 368, 374, 375, 391, 397, 398,
402, 403, 406.
Epping, N. H., 211, 232.
Essex Institute, 32, 52, 58, 63, 69, 72,
88, 102, 116, 117, 125, 129, 143,
155, 165, 197, 213, 214, 234, 253,
278, 285, 333, 335, 336, 338, 343,
344, 349, 350, 353, 361, 367, 378,
381, 384, 386, 387, 394, 395, 401,
403, 404, 406, 409-417.
Essex, Mass., 69.
Exeter, N. H., 59, 121, 213, 228, 233,
249.
Fairchild, Miss H. L., 182.
Fairfield, Conn., 307, 364, 375.
Falltown, Mass., 332.
Falmouth, Me. (see also Portland),
5, 26, 51, 101, 133, 168, 205, 235,
237, 267, 306, 354, 408.
Farmington, Conn., 118, 133, 145, 246,
266, 305, 353, 359.
Farmington, Me., 388.
Farrar, Miss Mary B., 31.
Fearing, A. C, Jr., 99.
Ferrisburg, Vt., 303.
Field, Mrs. E. B., 78.
Fish, George T., 101.
Fisher, Dr. E. A., 85.
Fishkill, 220.
Fiske, Fred, 38.
Fiske, W. O., 185, 356.
Fiske, W. P., 378.
Fitchburg, Mass., 68.
Fitchburg Historical Society, 68.
Fitzwilliam, N. H., 284.
Flatbush, 119.
Fletcher, Capt. S. H., 366.
Flint, Dr. Austin, 104.
Flint, Misses C. L. and E. H., 104.
Folly Island, Me., 79.
Foley, P. K., 289.
Foote, Caleb, 107.
Forbes, H. D., 106.
Forbes Library, 58, 90, 142, 143, 162,
321.
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Fort Alden, 346.
Fort Ann, 359.
Fort Constitution, 339.
Fort Cumberland, 333, 342, 349, 360.
Fort Defiance, O., 9.
Fort Dummer, 149, 158.
Fort Edward, 21, 46, 47, 58,76-81, 108,
113, 118, 132 (2), 142, 148, 153 (2),
158, 164, 185, 201, 202, 286, 300,
305, 326, 341, 346, 348, 352 (2),
357, 353, 363, 373.
Fort Frederick, 47, 233.
Fort Frontenac, 22, 47.
Fort George, 261.
Fort Griswold, 290.
Fort Halifax, 210, 405.
Fort Harkman, 262.
Fort Lyman, 141.
Fort Massachusetts, 149, 185, 211, 272,
291, 327, 332.
Fort Ninety-Six, 351.
Fort Penobscot, 15.
Fort Pitt, 145.
Fort Pownall, 51.
Fort Richmond, 276.
Fort Stanwix, 84.
Fort Steuben, 197.
Fort Ticonderoga Museum, 361, 367.
Fort Washington, 5, 136, 362.
Fort William Henry, 14, 21, 52, 89,
115, 127, 201, 251, 333.
Foster, R. I., 101.
Foster, Hon. Roger, 109.
Fowle, Capt. R. M., 404.
Fowler, Capt. Robert, 391.
Foxborough, Mass., 176.
Framingham, Mass., 38, 44, 90, 122 (3) ,
278, 349, 358.
Framingham Historical Society, 278.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1.
Franklin, N. H., 283.
Freeport, Me., 73, 346.
Freetown, Mass., 408.
French, A. P., 211.
French and Indian Wars (see also
Crown Point, Ticonderoga, Scouts
and Louibbourg,) Phipps' Expe-
dition, 1690, 242, 297, 322, 323,
401.
Port Royal, 1707-1710, 20, 43, 185,
195, 210, 264.
Hovenden Walker's Expedition,
1711, 150, 174, 273, 292, 295.
French and Indian Wars (continued),
Expeditions to Canada and Nova
Scotia, 1745-1754, 19, 27, 36,43,
59, 60, 76, 84, 88, 95, 233,234, 235,
246, 276, 281.
1755-1762, 4, 16, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32,
35, 39, 46, 47, 52, 58, 59, 63, 71, 76,
78, 81, 84, 89, 108, 113, 122, 135,
140, 152, 153, 154, 162, 163, 166,
173, 177, 190, 197, 202, 209, 210,
233, 242, 249, 256, 262, 270, 281,
283, 290, 296, 324, 325, 347, 348,
353, 371, 408.
Frenchmen, Diaries of, 18, 29, 32, 40,
54, 80, 86, 100, 199, 204, 249, 253,
291, 292, 301.
Friend's Reference Library, 111, 218,
224, 306.
Fryeburg, Me., 115.
Fuller, Mrs. E. A., 223.
Fuller, Miss Edith D., 116.
Gardiner, Capt. James, 388.
Gardner, Capt. Richard, 391.
Gardner, Miss S. A., 196.
Gay, Julius, 69.
General Theological Seminary, 53.
Georgia, 153.
German diaries, 192, 222, 247.
Germantown, 32, 364.
Germany, 192.
Gerrish, Miss Jane Sewall, 119.
Gilbert, Capt., 386.
Gilbert, Capt. Ralph, 406.
Gilman, Wm. C, 62.
Gilmantown, N. H., 24, 222.
Gloucester, Mass., 52, 115, 144, 254,
308, 386, 403.
Goldborough, Me., 60.
Goodnow Library, 186.
Goodrich, G. S., 173.
Goodrich, Prof. J. E., 124.
Goodspeed Book Shop, 182.
Gorham, Miss Caroline, 392.
Gorham, J. M., 392.
Gorham, Me., 4, 51, 60, 185.
Goshen, Conn., 208.
Governor's Island, 360.
Grafton, Mass., 105, 199, 307, 357.
Granger, Col. J. N., 127.
Grant, Capt. Sebastian, 395.
Gray, C. W., 386.
Gray, Capt. Robert, 393.
Great Awakening, 239, 294.
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Great Barrington, Mass., 31, 156,
312.
Green, Dr. J. O., 128.
Green, Capt. John, 404.
Green, Dr. S. A., 130.
Green Mountain Bovs, 98.
Greenbush, N. Y., 108.
Greene, H. W., 126.
Greenfield, Conn., 375.
Greenfield, Mass., 27, 209, 247, 344,
418.
Greenland, N. H., 190.
Greenwich, Conn., 289.
Greenwich, R. I., 101.
Grinnell, G. B., 226.
Groton, Conn., 12, 13, 116, 180, 266,
325, 358, 372.
Groton, Mass., 36, 97, 98. 113, 152,
212, 363.
Groton, Vt., 370.
Guild, Miss Lauretta W., 133.
Guildhall, Vt., 170.
Guilford, Conn., 45, 127, 132, 269,
275, 368.
Guilford, Vt., 94.
Kackensack, N. J., 265.
Haddam, Conn., 37, 210.
Hadley, Mass., 104, 227, 234, 235, 239.
Hadlyme, Conn., 290.
Hale, J. W., 184.
Haley, Mrs. Frank, 124.
Halifax, 32.
Hallam, Rev. R. A., 4.
Hallett, Capt. John, 413.
Hamden, Conn., 8.
Hamilton, Mass., 75, 309.
Hamlin, P. M., 236.
Hammond, G. W., 137.
Hammond, Capt. John, 397.
Hampstead, N. H., 286.
Hampton, N. H., 67, 68, 84, 98, 110,
125, 171, 177, 285.
Hampton Falls, N. H., 22, 179, 302, 309.
Hanover, Mass., 263.
Hanover, N. H., 113, 308.
Hanson, Mass., 313.
Haraden, Capt. Jonathan, 386, 412, 413.
Hardy, Elizabeth, 137.
Harlem Heights, 158.
Harlow, Mrs. Mary L., 373.
Harpswell, Me., 137, 263.
Harris, Miss Elizabeth, 323.
Hartford, Conn., 27, 43, 58, 169, 226,
261, 294.
Harvard College, 9, 15, 53, 68, 79, 102,
105 (2), 112, 116, 134, 150, 154 (2),
155, 182, 183, 213, 217, 223, 248,
250, 253, 270, 293, 313, 317.
Harvard College Library, 22, 23, 27,
48, 51, 84, 87, 105 (2), 107, 108,
116, 154(2), 155, 159, 166, 239,
248, 265, 286, 300, 315, 317, 323,
372, 387, 407, 410.
Harvard, Mass., 40, 373.
Harwington, Conn., 227.
Haskell, E. C, 139.
Haskins, Frank, 140.
Hatfield, Mass., 70, 82, 140, 171, 185,
189.
Havannah Expedition, 241, 361, 405.
Haverhill, Mass., 3, 21, 22, 24, 84, 88.
110, 143, 144, 176, 193, 224, 265,
294, 352.
Haverhill Public Library, 27, 88.
Hawes, Noyes, 140.
Hazard, Mrs. Alfred, 9L
Hebron, Conn., 305.
Hebron, Me., 286.
Hefler, R. H., 193.
Hendrick's Journal, 334.
Henniker, N. H., 310.
Higgins, Walter, 133.
Highlands, 12.
Hills, Warren, 150.
Hingham, Mass., 9, 24, 46, 47, 73, 151,
152, 183, 262, 263, 356.
Hinsdale, Mass., 150.
Hoar, Miss Mary, 105, 332.
Hobart, Dr. Mary, 18.
Hodges, Capt. Benjamin, 395.
Holden, Mass., 13.
Holderness, N. H., 185.
Hollis, N. H., 94, 152, 236, 326, 353.
Holliston, Mass., 3, 82, 163, 202, 238,
275
Holmes,' O. W., 153, 353.
Hopkins, Capt. Esek, 397.
Hopkins, Miss S. A., 156.
Hopkinton, Mass., 102, 111, 274.
Hopkinton, N. H., 28.
Horton, Miss A. F. B., 47.
Howe, Miss A. H., 348.
Howe, Fisher, 86.
Howes, W. O., 159.
Howland, Capt. John, 396.
Hoxie, D. E., 170.
Hoyt, C. A., 160.
Hubbard, Dr. C. T., 280.
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Hubbardston, Mass., 41, 199.
Hubbardton, Battle of, 82, 133, 176,
343
Hudson, Mrs. Laura A., 58, 143, 235.
Huebener, E. A., 324.
Humphrey, George, 161.
Huntington, Dr. J. L., 227.
Hutchins, Mrs. C, 302.
Hutchins, Rev. C. L., 288.
Hyde Park, Vt, 103.
Ingalls, A. T., 164.
Ilsley, Paul, 164, 396.
Indians, 1, 5, 9, 12, 13, 23, 25, 34, 36,
37, 50, 65, 86, 92, 93, 99, 108, 113,
136, 142, 150, 167, 175, 183, 184,
189, 191, 192, 198, 213, 220, 225,
231, 235, 242, 251, 254, 258, 263,
286, 293, 321, 322, 327, 329, 331,
332, 400, 411.
Ipswich, Mass., 61, 84, 120, 121, 249,
297, 323, 344, 381, 382, 393.
Isle aux Noix, 310.
Jackson, Miss Kate, 174.
Jamaica Plain, Mass., 369, 382.
Jameson, Capt. Samuel, 400.
Jamestown, R. I., 130.
Jenkins, Hon. Steuben, 166.
John Carter Brown Library, 378.
John Hay Library, 109, 377.
Johns, Mrs. R. M., 114.
Johnson, Mrs. A. G., 168.
Johnson, Miss A. G., 318.
Johnson, F. M., 167, 355.
Johnson, Capt* Holton, 381.
Johnston, R. I., 266.
Jones, Capt. John Paul, 393, 397, 412.
Journeys : *
To Africa, 117, 180.
To Bermuda, 168.
To Canada, 137, 107, 204.
To Europe, 2, 6, 15, 20, 21, 38, 77,
83, 85, 90-96, 107, 149, 167, 168,
180, 181, 193, 202, 214, 216, 226,
239, 240, 243, 244, 252, 265, 287,
302, 304 324.
To New England, 16, 26, 31, 46,54,55,
56, 61, 62, 65, 70, 77, 79, 80, 85, 88,
89, 92, 96, 99, 121, 123, 132, 136,
142, 143, 149, 152, 154, 161, 166,
176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 191,
198, 206, 215, 224, 226, 228, 236,
240, 244, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256,
To New England (continued),
258, 263, 268, 276, 277, 281, 286,
298, 301, 303* 326, 337.
To New York, 27, 76, 159, 161, 166,
190 193.
To North West, 221.
To Nova Scotia, 4, 117, 135, 333.
To Ohio, 10, 14, 210.
To San Domingo, 76.
To the South, 41, 114, 117, 127, 128,
166, 167, 237, 239, 243, 244, 249,
255, 256, 265, 268, 291, 303, 304,
312.
To the West, 10, 50, 75, 76, 86, 93,
242, 254, 297.
Judd, Miss Nina, 171.
Keene, N. H., 254, 327.
Keep, Miss H. E., 179.
Kendall, Mrs. P. R., 169.
Kennebec, Me., 136, 165.
Kennebunk, Me., 184.
Kennebunkport, Me., 157.
Kensington, N. H., 106, 177, 348.
Kent, H. O., 173.
Kent Memorial Library, 118.
Kidd, Capt., 384.
Kidder, Fred, 98.
Killingly, Conn., 128, 280, 339, 419.
King, Capt. Arent, 388.
King's Bridge, N. Y., 116, 274.
King Philip's War, 294.
Kingsbury, Mrs. M. H., 15.
Kinsley, Mrs. Eleanor, 60.
Kingston, Mass., 109, 121, 239, 281.
Kingston, R. I., 193.
Kittery, Me., 149, 218, 225, 349, 362.
Knowlton, H. C, 176.
Knox, J. H., 3.
Lafayette, Marquis of, 1.
Lake Champlain, 24, 59, 122, 293, 314,
327.
Lake George, 23, 53, 89, 120, 122, 124,
142, 153, 212, 284, 300, 326, 331,
341, 370.
Lake Ontario, 47.
Lamson, Mrs. A. W., 368.
Lancaster, Mass., 97, 243, 281, 310,
315, 316, 363, 371, 385.
Lancaster Public Library, 41, 180,
188, 371.
Lane, A. C, 178.
Lane, Miss A. F., 177.
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429
Lane, Miss M. A., 177.
Larcom, Capt. Jonathan, 406.
Leach, Capt. John, 404.
Leavitt, W. S., 179.
Lebanon, Conn., 191, 213, 287, 290,
304, 319, 334, 358, 367.
Lebanon, N. H., 29.
Lebanon, Me., 139.
Leicester, Mass., 104, 116, 122, 130,
147, 148, 241, 352, 367.
Lenox, Mass., 275, 360, 368.
Lesley, Miss S. I., 265.
Leominster, Mass., 47.
Lexington, Mass., 57, 97, 141, 154, 194,
200, 218, 300, 302, 304, 334, 339,
344, 358, 388.
Lexington Historical Society, 358, 406.
Libbie & Co., 1, 90, 193, 234, 254.
Library Company, Philadelphia, 264.
Lincoln, Mrs. F. H., 24, 73.
Lincoln, Mrs. H. M., 22.
Lincoln, J. M., 183.
Lincoln, Mass., 31, 398.
Linn, Miss E. W., 398.
Lisbon, Me., 282, 362.
Litchfield, Conn., 69, 169, 261, 365.
Litchfield Historical Society, 261.
Little, Mrs. Gardner, 339, 356.
Little, George, 414.
Littleton, Mass., 178, 250.
Livermore, Me., 26, 101.
Logan, Capt. John, 404.
Londonderry, N. H., 234.
Longfellow, Mrs. H., 185.
Long Island, 50, 67, 103, 183, 218, 239,
265, 287, 335, 340, 351, 365, 419.
Long Island Historical Society, 77.
Long Meadow, Mass., 94, 317.
Long Meadow Historical Society, 318.
Loring, E. D., 187.
Louisbourg, 27, 36, 58, 59, 60, 69, 72,
76, 78, 95, 120, 128, 140, 171, 175,
208, 225, 233,241,251, 259, 262 (2),
266, 268, 271, 276, 317, 322, 324,
329, 330 (5), 333, 345, 392.
Lovell, Mrs. Mary, 187.
Low, Capt. Edward, 381.
Loyalists, 32, 48, 49, 53, 55, 72, 163 (2),
164, 173, 181, 194, 214(2), 216,
244, 262, 265, 272, 292, 304, 391.
Lunt, D. A., 188.
Lyme, Conn., 221, 359, 363.
Lyndon, Vt., 168.
Lynn, Mass., 63, 110, 136, 171,237, 270.
Lynnfield, Mass., 1, 269.
Machias, Me., 5, 18, 375.
McClellan, Miss J. T., 190, 319.
McNeill, Capt. Hector, 386.
Magee, Capt. James, 404, 415.
Maher, Annie K., 127.
Maine Historical Society, 35, 61, 71,
99, 156, 168, 169, 186, 201, 203,
204, 216, 245, 259, 325, 346, 362,
405, 408.
Majabiguaduce, Me., 245, 413.
Maiden, Mass., 95, 127, 128, 280, 314.
Manchester, Mass., 69, 70, 394.
Manchester, N. H., 271.
Manilla Bay, 382.
Manley, Miss A. S., 259.
Mansfield, Conn., 276.
Marblehead, Mass., 20, 21, 30, 32, 33,
39, 56, 82, 96, 123, 124, 153, 154,
194, 260, 264, 265, 304, 313, 342,
349, 356, 380, 387, 407.
Marblehead Historical Society, 304.
Marietta, O., 14, 74, 75, 99, 241, 297.
Marietta College, 197, 242.
Marlborough, Conn., 248.
Marlborough, Mass., 277, 305, 326.
Marshfield, Mass., 321, 322.
Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 198, 260.
Maryland, 121, 136.
Mashpee, 141.
Massachusetts State Archives, 39, 40,
50, 51, 61, 67, 89, 97, 112, 119, 125,
138, 148, 163, 172, 178, 188, 207,
209, 224, 236, 244, 246, 251, 255,
268, 270, 274, 273, 276, 280, 286,
287, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295,
300, 305, 306, 310, 327, 328, 332,
341, 352, 357, 363, 366, 370, 381,
404, 409, 411, 412, 414.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 2,
3, 9, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 36, 40, 43,
48, 49, 50, 56, 65, 76, 79, 83, 92, 93,
95, 98, 103, 106, 108, 111, 119, 131,
135, 137, 143, 151, 152, 171, 175,
180, 181, 183, 186, 194, 196, 198,
199, 202, 209, 212, 220, 221, 222,
225, 230, 231, 232, 236, 239, 241,
243, 248, 252, 255, 258, 260, 261,
262, 265, 267, 268, 271, 297, 305,
308, 314, 323, 326, 328, 330, 334,
342, 343, 351, 352, 354, 355, 356,
357, 359, 362, 363, 364, 367, 368,
369, 374, 378, 382, 389, 395, 401,
406, 418.
Mather, Rev. Cotton, 15.
Mattapoisett, Mass., 157, 248.
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Mattatuck Historical Society, 361.
May, Mrs. Henry F., 202.
May, John, 198.
Mayflower Society, 21, 103, 267, 284.
Medfield, Mass., 2, 19, 23, 232, 357, 370.
Medford, Mass., 215, 257, 320.
Medford Public Library, 215.
Meduncook, 112.
Medway, Mass., 314.
Melrose, Mass., 129, 269.
Mendon, Mass., 66, 315.
Merrick, C. S., 208.
Merrick, C. S. and F. M., 200.
Merrick, Samuel, 201.
Messinger, Edgar, 201.
Methuen, Mass., 157.
Middle Haddam, Conn., 30.
Middleborough, Mass., 14, 21, 110, 151,
213, 214, 284, 365.
Middlebury, Vt, 170.
Middleton, Mass., 115.
Middletown, Conn., 30, 199, 253, 405.
Middletown, R. I., 19.
Milford, Conn., 233, 239.
Milford, Mass., 114, 166, 342.
Milford, N. H., 197.
Millbury, Mass., 123.
Millett, Capt. John, 403.
Milton, Mass., 280, 292, 293.
Miner, Cornelius, 203.
Missionary Travels, 7, 13, 23, 31, 51,
61, 117, 149, 168, 175, 180, 198, 207,
213, 225, 232, 255, 258, 259, 265,
320, 410.
Mix, E. T., 407.
Monmouth, 51, 119.
Montcalm, 114.
Montgomery, Mass., 352.
Montville, Conn., 340. -
Mooers, Capt. William, 390.
Moor House, 378.
Morristown, N. J., 10, 231, 339, 378.
Mosely, Mrs. T. B., 206.
Mosher, Mrs. E. H., 22.
Mount Desert, 26, 51, 169.
Mount Holly, 377.
Mugford, Capt. William, 417.
Mullikin, Miss S. E., 52, 53.
Munn, C. A., 147, 258, 288, 369, 417.
Munro, Capt. George, 400.
Munro, Capt. James, 387, 388.
Munson, S. L., 24, 119, 155, 193, 234,
240, 250, 267, 307, 337.
Muscongus, 99.
Nantucket, Mass., 34, 45, 51, 70, 74,
85, 96, 97, 106, 110, 169, 192, 218,
225, 254, 270, 306, 311, 383, 385,
386, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393.
Nantucket Atheneum, 390, 391, 392.
Nantucket Historical Association, 311,
386, 415.
Narragansett, R. I., 99, 192.
Nashua, N. H., 29.
Natchez Country, 227, 241.
Natick, Mass., 86.
Navy Record Society, 165.
Needham, Mass., 86, 174, 202, 218, 285,
299, 305, 320, 369.
Needham, Capt. Daniel, 414.
New Bedford, Mass., 70, 151, 169, 252,
253, 266.
New Bedford Public Library, 70, 136,
266, 396.
New Braintree, Mass., 197.
New Brunswick, 203.
New Brunswick, N. J., 355.
Newburgh, 80, 336, 363, 367, 372, 378,
Newbury, Mass., 27, 34, 42, 78, 84, 87,
106, 110, 119, 131, 163, 165, 175,
184, 212, 251, 273, 288, 333, 339,
356, 396, 400, 401.
Newbury, Vt., 23, 167, 173.
Newburyport, Mass., 2, 17, 23, 49, 53,
71, 75, 76, 108, 131, 139, 148, 157,
173, 188, 212, 232, 253, 308, 313,
351, 366, 386, 392, 394.
Newburyport Public Library, 108.
New Canaan, Conn., 264.
New Castle, Me., 23, 50.
New Castle, N. H., 342.
New England Historic Genealogical
Society, 10, 43, 48, 49, 59, 68, 73,
75, 117, 130, 131, 135, 141, 145, 146,
153, 161, 163, 174, 175, 176, 183,
195, 200, 204, 205, 237, 239, 240,
250, 261, 267, 272, 273, 275, 276,
279, 281, 304, 314, 329, 340, 355,
359, 376, 377, 393.
New Hampshire Historical Society,
45, 47, 158, 191, 344.
New Haven, Conn., 17, 24, 44, 123, 132,
215, 230, 231, 245, 263, 274, 303,
340, 347, 399, 406.
New Haven Historical Society, 12, 245.
Newhaven, Vt., 227.
Newington, Conn., 25, 315.
Newington, N. H., 3.
I New Ipswich, N. H., 297.
INDEX
431
New Jersey, 10, 19, 24, 26, 37, 53, 96,
171, 172, 183, 220, 231, 339, 340, 351,
352, 356, 359, 363, 372, 377, 378.
New London, Conn., 1, 4, 7, 36, 48, 62,
96, 146, 162, 165, 185, 250, 257, 322,
323, 376, 377.
New London Historical Society, 146,
162.
New London Public Library, 257.
Newmarket, N. H., 43.
New Meadows, Me., 71, 282.
Newport, R. I., Home of diarist, -8 (2),
10, 63, 90, 126, 156, 160, 208, 214,
224, 246, 251, 274, 283, 284, 380,
382, 404, 407.
In the Revolution, 8, 29, 32, 40, 80,
100, 119, 130, 188, 192, 292, 3C4,
335, 336, 339, 353, 357, 360, 365,
366, 372, 376, 377.
Visits to, 70, 96, 121, 125, 132, 160,
169, 171.
Newport Historical Society, 215, 224,
292, 372, 380, 385, 407, 408, 412,
416.
Newton, Mass., 131, 137, 163, 164, 305.
Newtown, Conn., 284.
New York, 52, 58, 64, 66, 67, 88, 89, 98,
113, 123, 182, 336, 341, 342, 345,
346, 347, 349, 350, 351, 354, 355,
356, 358, 359, 361, 363, 368, 370,
373, 376, 419.
New York Historical Society, 65, 88,
173, 208, 341, 345, 353, 355, 360,
368, 374.
New York Public Library, 4, 80, 103,
141, 183,261, 286,303, 305,324,
334, 336, 351, 365, 410, 411.
New York State Library, 44.
Nichols, Dr. A. H., 210.
Nichols, Andrew, 154.
Nichols, Dr. C. L., 180.
Noble, Pierce, 210.
Noddle's Island, 319, 328.
Norfolk, Conn., 247.
Norridgewock, Me., 138, 325.
North amoton, Mass., 7, 58, 67, 90, 92,
141, 142, 143, 161, 162, 171, 196,
233, 275, 320.
North Attleborough, Mass., 257.
Northborough, Mass., 313, 318, 419.
North Branford, Conn., 212.
North Brookfield, Mass., 16.
North Carolina, 13, 142.
North Casco, Me., 101. I
Northfield, Mass., 5, 83, 114, 172, 201
295, 327.
North Foster, R. I., 85, 387.
North Hampton, N. H., 191.
North Haven, Conn., 287.
North Kingston, R. I., 10, 41, 223 302
North Woodstock, Conn., 41.
North Yarmouth, Mass., 240, 268.
North Yarmouth, Me., 186, 195 270
277.
Norton, A. T., 100.
Norton, Mass., 6, 57, 120, 264, 347
Norwalk, Conn., 375.
Norwich, Conn., 13, 14, 16, 17, 62, 103
126, 166, 175, 182, 190, 205, 226'
290, 301, 354, 407.
Nottingham, Eng., 353.
Nottingham, N. H., 79, 344, 346.
Nova Scotia (see also Acadia, Mis-
sionary Work, French and Indian
Wars and Revolution), 15, 48, 96,
109, 116, 194, 195, 226, 250, 256,
292, 324, 333, 357.
Nova Scotia Archives, 210.
Noyes, Elwood, 212.
Ober, Frank, 176, 212.
Ober, Capt. Josiah, 405.
Ohio, 121, 183, 197, 224.
Old Colony Historical Society, 6, 57,
76, 123, 181, 319, 337.
Oldtown, Me., 184.
Olney, Capt., 383.
Oneida Lake, 22.
Otter Creek, 190.
Osgood, Mrs. E. J. S., 41.
Osgood, Misses, 54.
Osgood, Robert, 298.
Old Newbury Historical Society, 134,
331 394.
Oxford/Mass., 22, 101, 205, 355.
Paine, C. J., 217.
Palmer, Mass., 277, 349.
Pardee, Mrs. Frank, 132.
Parlimentary Library, Ottawa, 292.
Park, Carl, 218.
Parker, Augustus, 42.
Parker, Thomas, 218.
Parkinson, Mrs. M. W., 280.
Passamaquoddy, Me., 34, 152.
Patterson, B. C, 289.
Pawtucket, R. I., 246.
Paxton, Mass., 27.
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Payson, Mrs. A. R., 252.
Peabody, Rev. H. E., 223.
Peacham, Vt., 376.
Peakes, Dora L., 175, 280.
Peekskill, 212, 358, 360, 369.
Pemaquid, Me., 209, 294.
Pembroke, Mass., 151, 182, 267, 313,
346, 366.
Penacook, 294, 310, 328.
Pendell, Mrs. Frank, 113.
Pennsylvania, 12, 32, 56, 70, 96, 101,
112, 147, 179, 188, 191, 206, 210,
224, 229, 251, 255, 269, 291, 310,
317, 326, 362.
Pennsylvania Archives, 119.
Pennsylvania Historical Society, 65,
141, 374, 378.
Penobscot, Me., 49, 178, 184, 187, 207,
236, 337, 355, 357, 375, 413.
Pepperell, Mass., 95.
Perry, J. F., 69.
Peters, J. P., 191.
Peters, Mrs. W. D., 191.
Petersham, Mass., 152, 346.
Phillips, C. T., 151.
Phillips, Mrs. H. A., 153.
Phillips, Mrs. J. C, 228, 297.
Phillipston, Mass., 169.
Phipps, Capt. Wm., 398.
Pickford, Mrs. Anna M., 52, 144, 193.
Pierce, Mrs. Charles H., 123.
Pierce, G. F., 230.
Pierce, H. H., 356.
Pigwacket, 61, 316.
Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, 68, 245.
Pinkham, Capt. Paul, 391.
Pirates, 173, 381, 404.
Pitman, Gen'. John, 231.
Pittsfield, Mass., 7, 124, 301, 349, 379.
Pittsfield Atheneum, 183.
Pittsfield, N. H., 27.
Plainfield, Conn., 175.
Plaistow, N. H., 120, 176, 200.
Piatt, Theron, 284.
Plimpton, George A., 14, 133.
Plymouth, Mass., 68, 78, 79, 125, 279,
300, 321, 328.
Pocumtock Valley Association, 11,
209, 345.
Poland, Me., 256.
Pomeroy, G. E., 233.
Pomfret, Conn., 50, 190, 241, 295, 351.
Pomfret, Vt., 290.
Pond, Mrs. U. G., 233.
Popham, Capt., 386, 416.
Portland, Conn., 310.
Portland, Me., 79, 112, 172, 216, 267,
324 345 402.
Portland Public Library, 79, 112.
Portsmouth, N. H., 21, 38, 56, 76, 121,
165, 213,225, 229,250, 254,262,
291, 305, 363.
Portsmouth, R. I., 80, 101.
Pousland, C. F.. 60.
Pownal, Gov., 15.
Pownalborough, Me., 15, 31.
Pownalborough, Vt., 72.
Preston, Conn., 103, 206.
Price, Mrs. W. A., 389.
Prime, Capt. Henry, 382, 383.
Prince, Miss L. M., 288.
Princeton, Mass., 35, 115.
Princeton, N. J., 13, 81, 185.
Princeton Theological Seminary, 312.
Prior, J. E., 175.
Prisoners of War.
In French and Indian Wars, 114,
149.
In Canada, 71, 136, 138, 158, 235,
303, 324, 330, 352.
In France, 71.
Among the Indians, 12, 70, 149, 185.
211, 273, 275, 305, 308.
In the Revolution, 5, 345, 354.
In Boston, 91, 179.
In Canada, 104, 167, 206, 235, 274,
284.
Forton Prison, 50, 64.
Hartford Jail, 113.
Long Island, 103, 183.
Mill Prison, 75, 148, 253, 313.
Prison Ships, 50, 75, 133, 265, 388.
Provost Prison, 67.
Rutland, Mass., 176.
Woodstock, Conn., 170.
Proctor, Capt. Thorndike, 415.
Prospect Hill, 345, 369, 374.
Providence, R. I., 10, 24, 32, 51, 86, 90,
96, 100, 109, 121, 125, 128, 130, 150,
153, 161, 169, 188, 210, 230, 231,
234, 256, 280, 301, 306, 339, 350,
355, 357, 361, 363, 365, 366, 372,
377, 380, 384, 387, 405, 409.
Provincetown, Mass., 169.
Prussia, 4.
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433
Public Record Office, London, 45, 115,
136, 150, 173, 174, 236, 244, 292,
304, 322, 384.
Putnam, Capt. Bartholomew, 395.
Putnam, Eben, 16.
Putney, Vt., 158.
Quakers, 10, 34, 38, 46, 51, 56, 63, 70,
80, 92, 96, 101, 110(2), 111, 126,
132, 160, 161, 169, 171, 192, 218,
224(2), 250, 252, 253, 254, 255,
256, 270, 276, 306, 326, 391, 418.
Quebec, 32, 83, 165, 176, 177, 181, 185,
200, 204, 234, 296.
Quinby, L. B., 139.
Quincy, Mass., 1, 4, 202.
Raynham, Mass., 14, 105, 316.
Readfield, Me., 51.
Reading, Mass., 18, 42, 69, 126, 127,
140, 210, 219, 230, 237, 418.
Redding, Conn., 341.
Redwood Library, Newport, 44.
Reed, Mrs. C. G., 361.
Rehoboth, Mass., 50, 131, 151, 176,
251, 339.
Remick, Miss G. M., 362.
Remick, O. P., 362.
Revolution (see also names of battles,
Burgoyne. Prisoners, Arnold's
Expedition, Sullivan's Expedition,
Boston, Newport, Ticonderoga,
&c):
General diaries of, 10, 12, 13, 19, 24,
26, 27, 32, 33, 35, 38, 49, 52, 56,
58, 60, 66, 69, 72, 77, 78, 81, 89,
98, 107, 109, 110, 116, 119, 120,
125, 131, 136, 139, 146, 152, 159,
164, 166, 167, 169, 174, 178, 183,
189, 190, 197, 199, 209, 219, 220,
223, 225, 226, 231, 234, 242, 247,
248, 249, 265, 272, 276, 280, 285,
287, 293, 299, 302, 305, 355.
Expedition to Ticonderoga, 1 776, 5,
16, 24, 83, 103, 133, 149, 234, 248.
Hospitals and Surgeons, 19, 67, 133,
200, 263, 269, 274, 280, 295, 296,
393 401.
Privateering, 133, 166, 382, 387, 389,
390, 401(2).
Reynolds, W. C, 182.
Rhode Island, 33, 34, 66, 85, 120, 125,
176, 225, 239, 311.
Rhode Island Historical Society, 63
110, 129, 151, 153, 160, 171, 189,'
210, 231, 246, 266, 295, 304, 315,
332, 344, 345, 350, 356, 365, 374,
377, 380, 384, 400, 409.
Ridgefield, Conn., 350.
Ridgway Library, 264.
Rindge, N. H., 169.
Robbins, B. O., 367.
Roberts, Dr. G. E., 96.
Robinson, C. M., 359.
Robinson, E. D., 123.
Roche, Capt. Francis, 415.
Rochester, Mass., 136, 151, 157.
Rochester, N. Y. Historical Society,
275.
Rockingham, Vt., 75.
Rockwood, Mrs. S. L., 120.
Roebling, E. W., 64.
Rogers, Mrs. C. A., 348.
Rollinsford, N. H., 279.
Rosenthal, L., 250.
Rowley, Mass., 134.
Roxbury, Mass., 22, 30, 33, 53, 74, 78,
84, 86, 93, 96, 103, 145, 191, 208,
232, 237, 262, 304, 317, 340, 352,
355, 357, 361, 368, 374, 379, 418.
Royalston, Mass., 168, 181, 358.
Ruggles, H. S., 46.
Russell, T. H., 253.
Rust, Miss Mary H., 10.
Rutland, Mass., 56, 146, 202, 316, 327.
Rutland, Vt., 143.
Ryegate, Vt., 312.
Saco River, Me., 150.
St. Clair's Expedition, 255.
St. George, 99.
St. John, New Brunswick, 47.
St. Johns, Canada, 35, 72, 115, 287,
310, 370, 400.
Salem, Mass., 17, 26, 30, 34, 51, 58, 59,
72, 101, 102, 107, 110, 117, 118, 121,
123, 146, 155, 165, 166, 174, 189,
194, 214, 223, 229, 242, 252, 254,
270, 285, 299, 306, 311, 317, 335,
338, 343, 353, 380, 382, 384, 385,
386, 387, 389, 392, 393, 394, 395,
398, 402, 403, 404, 409, 410, 413.
Salisbury, Conn., 189.
Salisbury, Mass., 231, 277, 286, 386,
401.
Salisbury, Vt., 100.
Sanbornton, N. H., 177.
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Sandwich, Mass., 100, 225, 240.
Saratoga (see also Burgoyne and
Stillwater), 21, 28, 31, 46, 80, 81,
120, 131, 158, 164 (2), 185, 259,
289, 300, 341, 367.
Saunders, Rev. E. M., 324.
Savage, Capt. John, 400.
Savannah, 378.
Saybrook, Conn., 289.
Scarborough, Me., 133, 174, 405.
Schenectady, 46, 317.
School diaries of teachers or scholars
(see also names of Colleges) , 25,
39, 49 (2), 63, 69, 71, 116, 117, 154,
162, 169, 185, 205, 210, 217, 221,
223, 230, 247, 248, 261, 270, 279,
289,311, 317, 332, 336.
School, Moses Brown, 256.
Schuyler's Farm, 262.
Scituate, Mass., 74, 183, 187.
Scott, Capt. James, 411.
Scout Journals, 29, 40, 50, 59(2), 60,
61, 67, 89, 97, 112, 119, 125, 148,
172, 178, 187, 207, 210, 224, 227,
245, 251, 255, 256, 286, 290, 300,
309, 310 (2) , 316 (2) , 327 (2) , 328,
418.
Scovell, Capt. Noah, 414, 416.
Seabury, W. J., 257.
Seconet, Mass., 76.
Sewall, H. M., 259.
Sharon, Conn., 189, 266.
Sharon, Mass., 71, 176, 244.
Shay's Rebellion, 104, 109, 137, 152,
169, 171, 174, 203 (2) , 219, 271, 283,
299, 349, 356, 366, 379.
Shedd, Mrs. J. H., 8, 380.
Sheepscot, Me., 209.
Sheffield, Conn., 248.
Sheffield, Mass., 201.
Sheldon, Mrs. George, 11.
Sheldon Museum, 265.
Shepherd, Miss Florence, 213.
Shepley, Col. G. L., 284, 339, 358, 416.
Sherborn, Mass., 163.
Shipping News, 153, 157.
Shipton, Capt., 404.
Shirley's Expedition, 1754, 19.
Shirley, Mass., 219.
Shoreham, Vt, 209.
Shrewsbury, Mass., 27, 73, 132, 176,
209, 277, 298, 299, 368.
Skerry, Capt. Samuel, Jr., 402.
Slade, Dr. D. R., 223.
Smith, Capt. G. G., 383.
Smith, J. H., 418.
Smith, S. D., 234.
Smith, W. A., 266.
Somers, Conn., 53.
Somerset, Mass., 382.
Somersworth, N. H., 362.
Somes, Capt. Abraham, 403.
Somes, Capt. John, 401.
Southborough, Mass., 398.
South Carolina Historical Society,
304.
South Dedham, Mass., 16.
South Hadley, Mass., 230, 372.
South Killingly, Conn., 169.
South Kingston, R. I., 144.
South Windsor, Conn., 245.
Southampton, Mass., 170, 171.
Southern Historical Association, 235.
Southington, Conn., 40.
Southwick, Mass., 113.
Snow, E. G., 3.
Spalding, Dr. James, 269.
Spencer, Mass., 91, 269.
Springfield, Mass., 242, 372.
Springfield Public Library, 242.
Spottsylvania, Pa., 11.
Stamford, Conn., 370, 391, 392.
Stamford, N. Y., 160.
Stamp Act Riots, 288.
Standish, Me., 261.
Stanford, Capt. James, 381.
Staples, Ellen A.. 83.
Staples, Henry, 219.
Staples, H. B., 114.
Starlinton, Me., 389.
Stearn, Samuel, 36.
Stevens, M. T., 273.
Stevens, William, 280.
Stevens Papers, 262.
Stillwater, 178, 345, 346, 367.
Stockbridge, Mass., 89, 92, 248, 258,
340.
Stone, Henry, 396.
Stoneham, Mass., 129.
Stonington, Conn., 202, 203, 205, 307,
325.
Stony Point, 359.
Story, Dr. W. E., 33, 34, 342.
Stoughton, Mass., 53, 191, 238, 244.
Stow, Mass., 116, 118, 343.
Stowe, Dr. W. H., 277.
Stratford, Conn., 5, 167, 168, 248,
367, 373, 410.
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435
Stratham, N. H., 177, 178.
Stroudwater, Me., 139.
Sturbridge, Mass., 66, 304.
Sudbury. Mass., 19, 86, 186, 206, 249,
344, 418.
Suffield, Conn., 118, 126, 127, 223,
357, 361.
Sullivan's Expedition, 29. 100, 106,
125, 126, 166, 184, 191, 197, 211,
251, 341, 342.
Sumner, E. P., 277.
Sutton, Mass., 28, 54, 135, 153, 285.
Swansey, Mass., 38.
Sweden, 100.
Taft, Mrs. L. B., 293.
Tarrytown, N. Y., 127.
Taunton, Mass., 14, 39, 57, 78, 123,
140, 151, 181, 217, 278, 319, 337,
364.
Taylor, H. W., 279.
Taylor, M. M., 65.
Tebbetts, C. W., 139.
Temple, N. H., 158, 298.
Templeton, Mass., 17, 54, 169.
Thissel, John. 417.
Thomas, G. H., 322.
Thomaston, Me., 51, 97, 204.
Thompson, Miss S. A., 282.
Thompson, Conn., 48.
Three Rivers, 22.
Ticonderoga :
In French and Indian Wars, 23, 35,
47, 52, 74, 81, 115 (2), 138, 143,
146, 153, 201, 212, 221, 245, 266,
278, 284, 286, 296, 298, 326, 343,
347, 352, 372, 373, 400.
In the Revolution, 5, 7, 28, 47, 72,
83, 103, 113, 133, 149, 151, 158, 164,
206, 207 ( 2), 234, 261, 275, 290,
302, 305, 310, 314, 315, 340, 341,
348, 351, 359, 361, 362, 364, 367,
370 372.
Titicut,'Mass., 13, 245.
Titus, Rev. Anson, 12, 273.
Tiverton, R. I., 10, 33, 364.
Todd, C. B., 341.
Tolland, Conn., 371.
Topsfield, Mass., 95, 148, 337.
Topsfield Public Library, 122.
Topsham, Me., 89, 282, 400.
Torringford, Conn., 248.
Totowa, 366, 378.
Town, Ithiel, 375.
Trask, Mrs. A. H., 70.
Trenton, N. J., 13, 32, 42, 81, 158, 335.
Trott, J. P., 80, 321, 322.
True, Henry, 286.
Truro, Mass., 77, 112, 216.
Tucker, Capt, 397, 409.
Tuckerman, Mrs. Edward, 220.
Tuckerman, Fred, 65.
Tudor, William, 288.
Tufts, Mrs. E. V., 216.
Tufts, Francis, 362.
Tufts, Dr. J. H., 289.
Turkey Hill, 316.
Union, Conn., 178.
Union, Me., 140, 150, 206.
Upper Coos, Vt, 170.
Uxbridge, Mass., 370.
Vail, H. H., 290.
Valley Forge, 11, 13, 28, 51, 80, 259,
295, 344, 350, 364, 367, 371, 377.
Valley Forge Museum, 371.
Vassar College Library, 309.
Vaughan, Benjamin, 291.
Vergennes, Vt., 303.
Vermont, 85, 103.
Vermont Historical Society, 312, 352.
Vermont, University of, 6.
Virginia, 114, 127, 180, 235.
Voluntown, Conn., 205.
Vessels, Names of:
Active (ship), 398.
Admiral Keppel (ship), 382.
Adventure (sloop), 381.
Albany (schooner), 388.
Albion (ship), 415.
Alfred, 397.
America (ship), 393, 401.
Ann (brig) , 416.
Ann (ship), 415.
Ann and Hope, 380, 417.
Antonio (sloop), 384.
Apollo (brigantine), 407, 410.
Arethusa, 400.
Argyle (ship), 404.
Asia (ship), 386.
Astrea (ship), 382, 383, 395, 404.
Barclay (ship), 380.
Beaver (snow), 402.
Bedford (ship), 415.
Belisarious (privateer), 388, 402.
Benjamin (schooner), 406.
Berkshire, 112.
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Vessels, Names of, (continued) :
Betsey (schooner), 416.
Betsey (sloop), 374.
Betsey Catwater (transport) , 368.
Blakeney (sloop), 388.
Bombay (ship), 406.
Boston (frigate), 386, 407.
Breatany, 394.
Bristol (whaling), 391.
Briton (schooner), 403.
Canton (ship), 415.
Carea (sloop), 407,
Ceres (ship), 406.
Chance (schooner), 382.
Charming Polly (ship), 110.
Cicero (brig), 380.
Columbia, 382, 393, 395.
Commerce (ship), 385, 400, 404.
Concord (ship), 380.
Constitution (U. S. frigate), 417.
Corr, 394.
Cumberland (brig), 400.
Dartmouth (ship), 412.
Defiance (schooner) , 394.
Derby, 394.
Desire (schooner), 396.
Despatch, 409.
Devonshire (man-of-war), 381.
Dolphin (brigantine), 414.
Dolphin (schooner), 381, 403.
Dolphin (sloop), 391.
Drake (sloop-of-war), 393.
Eagle (schooner), 382, 386, 406.
Earl of Halifax (ship), 410.
Eliza (brigantine), 381.
Elizabeth (ship), 414.
Elizabeth (sloop), 381.
Empress of China, 404.
Endeavour (whaling), 391.
Essex (bark), 403.
Essex (U. S. ship), 399.
Essex (ship), 402.
Ezra (brig), 400.
Fanny (brig), 402, 415.
Fanny (snow), 397.
Foudroyant (ship-of-war), 399.
Four Sisters (ship), 385.
Francis (whaling), 391.
Franklin (ship), 387.
Friendship (ship), 410.
Gallant (schooner), 416.
Gaspee, 283.
Gates, 107.
General Arnold, 392.
Vessels, Names of, (continued) :
General Gates (schooner), 395.
General Pickering, 413.
General Washington (ship), 387,
405.
George (brig) , 400.
George Washington (ship). 404, 416.
Gift (ship), 386.
Gift of God, 406.
Grampus (whaling), 390,
Grand Sachem, 404.
Grand Sultan (brig), 81, 383.
Grand Turk (ship), 383, 395.
Greyhound (man-of-war), 381, 404.
Greyhound (whaling), 390.
Hannah (ship), 417.
Harmony (ship), 415.
Herald, 394.
Hercules (ship), 384, 387.
Henry (brig), 383.
Hibernia (privateer), 401.
Hind (brigantine), 381.
Hope (sloop-of-war), 387.
Hope (brigantine), 396, 404.
Hopewell, 381.
Independent (privateer), 409.
Industria (sloop), 412.
Industry (schooner), 412.
Industry (snow), 400.
Ipswich (sloop), 400.
Jane (brig), 400.
John (schooner), 403.
John Jay, 383.
John and Mary, 381, 404.
Joseph and Judith (brig) , 396.
Kent (man-of-war), 381.
King George (schooner) , 405.
Knowles (ship), 418.
Languedoc, 413.
Lark (schooner), 388, 390, 405.
Leopard (schooner), 395.
Lighthorse (ship), 415.
Lively (schooner), 381.
Lord Howe (ship), 390.
Louisay, 394.
Lucy (ship), 394, 397.
Lusitania (ship), 381.
Lydia (brig), 411.
Lydia (schooner), 409.
Lydia (sloop), 185, 408.
Manilla (ship), 384, 392.
Margaret (ship), 415.
Maria (ship), 390.
Marlborough, 399.
Vessels, Names of, (continued) :
Martha (ship), 407.
Mary (whaling), 390.
Mary (ship), 406.
Mary Ann, 408.
Mary and John, 386, 406.
Massachusetts (brig), 26, 390.
Masquenonge, 400.
Merry Christmas (ship), 381.
Minerva (brigantine) , 417.
Montague (schooner), 235.
Nabby (schooner), 381.
Nancy (schooner), 400.
Nelley, 396.
Neptune (sloop), 392, 407.
Nonsuch (ship), 410.
Northumberland, (man-of-war),
381.
Ocean (brig), 381, 402.
Olive (sloop), 391.
Olive Branch (schooner), 403.
Oliver, 333.
Oliver Cromwell, (privateer), 382,
412.
Patty, 394.
Peggy (ship), 383, 406.
Penelope, 392.
Perseverance (ship), 394, 409.
Philanthropist (schooner), 416.
Phoebe (whaling), 390.
Pickering (ship), 386.
Pilgrim, 149.
Polly, 108, 400, 414.
Pompey (schooner), 403.
Pownall (privateer), 388.
Preston (ship), 412.
Protector (ship), 413.
Rainbow, 375, 409.
Rambler, (schooner) , 397.
Ranger (ship-of-war), 393, 412.
Rediviva (ship), 393, 395.
Reliance (sloop), 396.
Romulus (brigantine), 414.
Rose (ship), 398.
Rover (brig), 417.
Russell, 385.
Salem (schooner), 381.
Sally, 394, 406, 416.
Sarah (brigantine), 381.
Sarah (ship), 389.
Scorpion (schooner), 412.
Sea Flower (whaling), 390.
Somerset (ship), 406.
South Carolina, 107.
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Vessels, Names of, (continued) :
Speedwell, 402.
Success (brigantine), 399.
Success (schooner), 406.
Swallow, 387, 408.
Thomas and Susan, 398.
Thornton, 32.
Three Sisters (brigantine), 404.
Tom (brig), 402.
Triton, 396.
Tryall (sloop), 398.
Two Friends (schooner), 406.
Two Sisters (ship), 391.
Tyrannicide (privateer), 389, 390,
412, 413.
Vaughan (ship), 381.
Vengeance (privateer), 401.
Vigilant (brig), 409,
Vigilant (snow), 409.
Warren, 166, 218.
Washington (privateer), 83, 389.
Washington (sloop), 393.
William Henry (brig), 395.
Winthrop, 414.
Woodhouse, 391.
Waldoborough, Me., 245.
Walker, Capt, 410.
Walker, J. B., 282, 296.
Wallingford, Conn., 345.
Walpole, Mass., 336.
Waltham, Mass., 64, 73, 318.
Wakefield Historical Society, 69.
Ward, Artemas, 74.
Ward, Mrs. S. D., 298.
Ward, Capt. William, 402.
Ware, Mass., 135.
Wareham, Mass., 99, 183.
Warner, Gen. Jonathan, 115.
Warren, Mass., 10, 77.
Warren, Me., 66, 184.
Warren, R. I., 195, 357, 372.
Warwick, R. I., 126, 246, 283, 351.
Washburn, Miss H. A., 301.
Waterbury, Conn., 11, 64, 117, 157, 361.
Waters, Rev. Wilson, 38.
Watertown, Conn., 76.
Watertown, Mass., 117, 120, 131.
Watson, Mrs. W. C, 302.
Wayland, Mass., 249.
Waymouth, Capt. George, 403.
Webb, Capt. Benjamin, 404.
Webb, Dr. W. S., 303.
Webster, F. H, 303.
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Wells, Me., 110, 184, 207, 276, 306,
309.
Wenham, Mass., 102, 119, 212.
Westborough, Mass., 137, 219, 220,
221, 360. \
Westborough Historical Society, 220.
West Boylston, Mass., 337.
Westbrook, Me., 35.
Westchester, Conn., 210.
Western Reserve Society, 145, 224.
Westfield, Mass., 12, 18, 81, 206, 279.
Westneld Athenaeum, 12, 17, 81, 365.
Westford, Mass., 366.
Westhampton, Mass., 124.
West Hartford, Conn., 342.
West Haven, Conn., 167.
Westminster, Mass., 25, 346.
Westmoreland, N. H., 41, 122.
West Newbury, Mass., 134.
Weston, Mass., 17, 64, 87, 319, 326.
West Point, 10, 26, 69, 77, 78, 98, 139,
212, 344, 345, 346, 348, 349, 353,
354, 355, 359, 362, 364, 365, 367,
368, 371, 378, 379.
We9tport, Mass., 42, 151.
West Springfield, Mass., 25.
West Woodstock, Conn., 318.
Wethersfield, Conn., 16, 44, 124, 204,
303, 344.
Weymouth, Mass., 187, 267, 288, 357,
375.
Wheatland, Capt. R., 394!
Wheeler, Dr. Leonard, 255.
Whipple, Capt. Abraham, 407.
Whiston, E. A., 112.
White, Mrs. C. F., 223.
Whitefield, 245.
White Plains, -7, 42, 50, 70, 119, 127,
158, 208, 212, 265, 274, 276, 285,
287, 335, 342, 344, 348, 364, 369.
Whitfield House Museum, 46.
Wilbraham, Mass., 178, 200, 208, 300.
Willard, Dr. R., 371.
Willard, Miss S. B., 21.
Willcutt, Mrs. L. D., 316.
Willet, Capt. John, 415.
William Fogg Library, 349.
Williams College, 102, 248.
Williams, Miss Ellen, 318.
Williams, Capt. Henry, 381, 402.
Williams, H. Isabel, 160.
Williamson, Capt. John, 383.
Willis, Dr. J. L. M., 250.
Williston, J. T., 320.
Wilmington, 378.
Wilton, N. H., 18, 47, 153, 344.
Winchendon, Mass., 169.
Winchester, N. H., 83.
Windham, Conn., 57, 90, 169.
Windsor, Conn., 28, 143, 186, 191, 324.
Windsor, Me., 22.
Wingate, Capt., 401.
Winter Harbor, Me., 306.
Winter Hill, 3, 28, 69, 265, 289, 342,
344, 348, 354, 356, 358. \
Winterport, Me., 124.
Wintonbury, Conn., 28.
Wiscasset, Me., 50.
Wisconsin Historical Society, 6, 13,
29, 103, 317, 319, 333, 342.
Witherspoon, W. H., 324.
Woburn, Mass., 17, 193, 282, 327, 328,
341, 366, 388.
Woburn Public Library, 216, 264, 283,
342, 366, 388.
Wolcott, Conn., 113, 138.
Wolcott, Col. Erastus, 118.
Wolcott, Roger, 149, 358.
Women, Diaries kept by, 1, 8 (2), 10,
16, 17, 18 (2), 21, 23, 31, 32, 38,
42, 44, 50, 58, 62, 76,-80, 82, 85, 86,
104, 107 (2)7«5, 121, 144, 145,
147, 149, 155 (4)> 156, 175, 179,
182, 193, 197, 214, 218, 219, 221,
227, 228, 231, 235, 238. 247, 252,
261, 265, 266, 277, 278, 288, 293,
298, 306, 309, 311, 321, 391, 398.
Wood, A. V., 97.
Woods, Mrs. C. L., 117.
Woods, Capt. William, 385.
Woodstock, Conn., 32, 34, 153, 170,
190, 264, 318, 345, 353.
Woodward, Dr. George, 246.
Woolsey, T. S., 88, 259.
Woolwich, Me., 138.
Worcester, Mass., 6, 39, 91, 132, 158,
205, 217, 218, 229, 270, 281, 349,
355.
Worcester Historical Society, 27, 66,
125, 148, 202, 217, 234, 313.
Wrentham, Mass., 28, 138, 141, 150,
176, 193, 299, 342.
Wright, Capt. Edmund, 396.
Wright, J. O., 336.
Wyer, Capt. Obed, 380.
Wyman, Capt., 417.
INDEX
439
Yale College, 13, 16, 17, 44, 57, 102, York, Me., 35, 137, 188, 201, 204, 207,
190, 191, 263, 274, 294. 255, 258, 302, 358.
Yale College Library, 187. York Historical Society, 258.
Yarmouth, Mass., 159, 192. Yorktown, 13, 60, 80, 165, 239, 254,
263, 280, 315.
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